LING 1000 - The Secret Life of Language: Words and Sentences (2026 S1)

University of Queensland - St. Lucia

Instructor:
Kathleen Jepson

Course Description

Introduction to basic concepts in modern linguistics relating to sentence structure and how meaning is encoded. No previous knowledge is assumed.

Textbook

An Introduction to Linguistics (Fromkin)

This page was last updated 2/27/2026.
Full LING 1000 Notes

Notes by Week

Week 1 - (2/23/2026 - 2/27/2026) Language and Communitcation Notes
Week 2 - (3/2/2026 - 3/6/2026) Word Classes Notes
Week 3 - (3/9/2026 - 3/13/2026) Morphemes Notes
Week 4 - (3/16/2026 - 3/20/2026) Constituency Notes
Week 5 - (3/23/2026 - 3/27/2026) Phrases and Clauses Notes
Week 6 - (3/30/2026 - 4/3/2026) Clause Types and Functions Notes
Week 7 - (4/13/2026 - 4/17/2026) Pragmatics Notes
Week 8 - (4/20/2026 - 4/24/2026) Semantics Notes
Week 9 - (4/27/2026- 5/1/2026) Language Change Notes
Week 11 - (5/11/2026 - 5/15/2026) Sociolinguistics Notes
Week 12 - (5/18/2026 - 5/22/2026) Language Acquisition Notes
Week 13 - (5/25/2026 - 5/29/2026) Linguistics of First Nations Languages Notes
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