Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionLING 101H provides an introduction to the terminology and methodology used in the modern study of human language. The course emphasizes structural analysis of the sound systems of languages (phonetics and phonology), the composition of words and sentences (morphology and syntax), and the meanings of utterances (semantics and pragmatics). The course also covers current issues in other areas of language, such as first and second language acquisition, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics. Drawing on a variety of modern linguistic concepts, students will be able to analyze, reason, and generalize from linguistic data representative of the diverse and varied languages of the world. The honors course will be enhanced in one or more of the following ways: 1. enhanced components of the research project, such as inclusion of original linguistic data, use of academic peer-reviewed sources, peer reviews of classmates' papers, and/or oral presentations;and2.enhancedcomponentstoweekly assignments, such as using sources, and/or accelerated standards of critical thinking and analysis of important topics related to linguistics. 