From The Course Catalog
Linguistics Miscellaneous
Professors
LingUA Lore
IPA
100

"Language is what makes us human, but how does it work?"

What is LIGN 101: Introduction to the Study of Language?

100

Someone who studies linguistics

What is a linguist?

100

The professor currently teaching LIGN 112 - Speech Sounds and Speech Disorders. 

Who is Marc Garellek?

100

The traditional year end LingUA event that recently, due to updated municipal code, had to be retired. 

What is a bonfire?

100

voiceless bilabial plosive

what is p

200

"Why does one language sound different from another?"

What is LIGN 111 - Phonology?

200

The field commonly abbreviated to NLP

What is Natural Language Processing?

200

The former UCSD professor who recently moved to UCLA

Who is Michelle Yuan?

200

The year the LingUA discord server was started in. 

What is 2020?

200

voiceless palatal plosive

what is c

300

"Introduction to the formal study of meaning."

What is LIGN 130 - Semantics?

300

The six major language families are Niger-Congo, Trans-New Guinea, Sino-Tibetan, Indo-European, Afro-Asiatic, and [this]. 

What is Austronesian?

300

Professor Kluender's first name

What is Robert?

300

Number of current LingUA board members. 

What is 6?

300

voiced labio-dental fricative

what is v

400

"An introduction to the context-dependent aspects of language meaning."

What is LIGN 160 - Pragmatics?

400

The three types of linguistic ambiguity

What are lexical, syntactic, and semantic?

400

Title of Will Styler's 2022 Legacy Lecture

What is 'Language is Incredible'?

400

The room number of the LingUA lounge.

What is 3016?

400

close back unrounded vowel

what is ɯ

500

"Language is constantly changing."

What is LIGN 150 - Historical Linguistics?

500

The formant most important in identifying liquids

What is F3?

500

Of the department's regular faculty, three professors got their Ph.D from UC Berkeley: Ackerman, Caballero, and [her]

Who is Emily Clem?

500

The names of the two wugs who live in the LingUA lounge. 

Who are Andrea and Luca?

500

bilabial click

what is ʘ