SPA 315 - Spanish Linguistics (3)

Prerequisite: SPA 305 or SPA 306 or equivalent or permission.

This introductory course on Spanish linguistics introduces students to the formal study of characteristics of the Spanish language. Students will gain a better understanding of how Spanish is pronounced and how its words and phrases are constructed. Using these basic building blocks of linguistic analysis, students will investigate the history of the language, how it varies across the Spanish-speaking world and how it is learned and used by people who speak it as a second language. In addition, students’ increased knowledge about how the language works will heighten their awareness about their own linguistic capabilities in Spanish.