GRAMMATICAL VARIABILITY OF LANGUAGE

LINGUIS 309

Course Description

Introduction to theories of variation among world languages, focusing on syntactic phenomena.

Prerequisties

LINGUIS 101 or ANTHRO/LINGUIS 301

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average

3.44

-10.45% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.56% from Historical

A Rate

75%

-18.75% from Historical

Class Size

-26.15% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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Yafei LI

[email protected]

2.6

Rating

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