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LIN 345 LIN 345. Language Change and Language Variation. 3 Hours.
Introduction to the study of how languages change and the principles developed by linguists to account for these changes. Investigation of the various domains in which change occurs, and the social and linguistic motivations for change. Examines the methods linguists use to determine the earlier profile of a language or its parent language, before identified changes occurred. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Linguistics 344K.
Linguistics
Undergraduate
Twenty-seven semester hours of coursework in linguistics, consisting of Linguistics 306 , 344K , 345 , 372K , 372L , and 12 additional hours of coursework in linguistics, nine hours of which must be upper-division. Students should consult the undergraduate advisor for information about counting other courses toward the major requirements.