LING 1
Introduction to Study of Language
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Summary for general undergraduates of what is known about human language; biological basis of language, scientific study of language and human cognition; uniqueness of human language, its structure, universality, its diversity; language in social and cultural setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Summer 2024 - overall, a super easy summer asynchronous class. the lectures were quite long but interesting. I def think if I took this irl it would've been a lot harder because the phonetic alphabet stuff can be tricky to learn without using external tools. the final paper was also fun to write. you could pick any celebrity you wanted to and analyze their speech patterns/phonetic alphabet they use to say words. my TA was very nice and was a lenient grader. I have no complaints about this class. easy A!
Summer 2024 - overall, a super easy summer asynchronous class. the lectures were quite long but interesting. I def think if I took this irl it would've been a lot harder because the phonetic alphabet stuff can be tricky to learn without using external tools. the final paper was also fun to write. you could pick any celebrity you wanted to and analyze their speech patterns/phonetic alphabet they use to say words. my TA was very nice and was a lenient grader. I have no complaints about this class. easy A!
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Fall 2020 - So I took this class during online learning. While Prof. Silvestri is the actual professor, the class is almost entirely taught through recorded Harold Torrence lectures. Torrence is a great lecturer and the material isn't super difficult and is generally replicated in the reading. I have trouble paying attention to recorded lectures, so I primarily read the textbook instead. Grades are composed of participation (discussion section and a once a week mandatory attendance lecture w Silvestri); homework; two easy papers; midterm and final. Overall not super interesting in my opinion, but a pretty easy A.
Fall 2020 - So I took this class during online learning. While Prof. Silvestri is the actual professor, the class is almost entirely taught through recorded Harold Torrence lectures. Torrence is a great lecturer and the material isn't super difficult and is generally replicated in the reading. I have trouble paying attention to recorded lectures, so I primarily read the textbook instead. Grades are composed of participation (discussion section and a once a week mandatory attendance lecture w Silvestri); homework; two easy papers; midterm and final. Overall not super interesting in my opinion, but a pretty easy A.
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