This website is designed as a study aid for Southern Oregon University's ENG 490, an undergraduate linguistics course.

Before diving into the website, review this synopsis of nine ideas central to modern linguistics. This will give you a good general introduction to several concepts we will be discussing.

chapters 1-7

phonetics: speech sounds
phonology: sound systems of language
morphology: the structure of words
language acquisition: how we learn to speak
the brain & language
language in society
language change
semantics

appendix

recommended Internet links and textbooks

Many of the downloads on this site are Adobe PDF files. Most Internet browsers already have Acrobat Reader installed, but if you need to you can get it free from the Adobe website.

Need more information? Contact Dr. Tom Nash, Professor of English and Writing at Southern Oregon University.

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