Language Typology and Linguistic Universals Credit Hours: 3 Introduction to language typology, which categorizes language according to distinct structural features. Methods for compiling unbiased samples and defining comparable categories across languages as the foundation for identifying typological universals (correlations and limitations on the co-occurrence of linguistic structures), with the goal of understanding why such universals exist in language. Prerequisites: LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W or LING 3250 Level: Graduate Undergraduate