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Introduction to Linguistics

Art: Italian illuminator, Boethius initial consolation philosophy, 1385 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Norvin W. Richards
Term: Spring 2022
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 24 videos · 5 problem sets · 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 50 other files · 10 web pages
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Introduction to Linguistics

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Lecture 2: Morphology, Part 1

Lecture 3: Morphology, Part 2

Lecture 4: Morphology, Part 3

Lecture 5: Phonetics, Part 1

Lecture 6: Phonetics, Part 2

Lecture 8: Phonology, Part 1

Lecture 9: Phonology, Part 2

Lecture 10: Phonology, Part 3

Lecture 11: Syntax, Part 1

Lecture 12: Syntax, Part 2

Lecture 13: Syntax, Part 3

Lecture 14: Syntax, Part 4

Lecture 15: Syntax, Part 5

Lecture 16: Syntax, Part 6

Lecture 17: Syntax, Part 7, and Semantics, Part 1

Lecture 18: Semantics, Part 2

Lecture 19: Semantics, Part 3

Lecture 20: Semantics, Part 4

Lecture 21: Semantics, Part 5

Lecture 22: Dialects

Lecture 23: Historical Linguistics

Lecture 24: Endangered Languages

Lecture 25: Language Acquisition

Lecture 26: Signed Languages