Second of two courses offered in the introductory linguistics sequence, designed for majors and minors in Linguistics. Builds upon the theoretical knowledge gained in LIN 221. Intense introduction to a number of branches of linguistics including historical linguistics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics. May be of use to students in other disciplines. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.