SPAN 3460 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

• Apply course content in a research project and present findings orally and/or in writing.
• Connect course content to relevant issues in contemporary Hispanic linguistics, such as language variation and change, bilingualism, Spanish in the US.
• Effectively analyze Spanish morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology, both synchronically and diachronically.
• Read scientific articles in the field, summarize and critique the main ideas.
• Understand the history of linguistics as a science.
• The successful student will: Understand the basic components of human languages and how these are used in human communication.