COGST 1105

COGST 1105

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Overview of the science of language, especially its theoretical underpinnings, methods, and major findings. Areas covered include: the relation between sound and meaning in human languages, social variation in language, language change over time, universals of language, and the mental representation of linguistic knowledge. Students are introduced to a wide variety of language phenomena, drawn not only from languages resembling English, but also from many that appear to be quite unlike English, such as those native to the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023FA

Distribution Category (ETM-AS, SSC-AS) (KCM-AG, SBA-AG)

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 1101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5507 COGST 1105   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Windhearn, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5508 COGST 1105   DIS 201

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fettes, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5509 COGST 1105   DIS 202

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Wu, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5510 COGST 1105   DIS 203

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Wu, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5511 COGST 1105   DIS 204

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Qu, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5512 COGST 1105   DIS 205

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Qu, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5513 COGST 1105   DIS 206

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Oney, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5514 COGST 1105   DIS 207

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Oney, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5515 COGST 1105   DIS 208

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025
    • Fettes, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person