What is this course?

Lin 211 • Section 1, Part 1

Kevin B McGowan

kbmcgowan@uky.edu

2026-08-24

Opening Question

 
 
 
 

What is language for?

Linguistics Linkages (Ling-Link)

• Daily activities related to the day’s content, designed to get your brain moving = Engagement!!
• Every lecture will start this way
• For today’s Ling-Link:
  • Talk to the person sitting right next to you (groups of 3 are fine). Tell each other your name, major, and why you’re taking this class. (2 minutes)
  • Next, tell your group something interesting about yourself related to language . It can be anything – what you call a carbonated beverage, a word you/your friends pronounced funny as a child, your experience with languages other than English, etc. (2 minutes)

Your Instructional Team!

• Professor:

  • Kevin B. McGowan (kbmcgowan@uky.edu)

• TAs:

  • Grace Anderson: Sections: 003, 005
  • Jocelyn Brown: Section: 006
    
  • Sarah Ertel: Sections: 001, 004
    
  • Nora O’Brien: Section: 002
    
  • Stella Takvoryan: Section: 007
    

Where & when?

Section	Details
Lecture	MW 10 - 10:50 am Whitehall 110
Section 001	F 10am → Whitehall 230
Section 002	F 10 am → Whitehall 226
Section 003	F 10 am → Whitehall 233
Section 004	F 11 am → Whitehall 230
Section 005	F 11 am → Whitehall 226
Section 006	F 12 pm → Funkhouser 306A
Section 007	F 12 pm → Whitehall 229

LIN 211

• A broad introduction to the field of linguistics
  • What is that?
• Syllabus is on Canvas
  • Let’s walk through it!
  • https://uk.instructure.com/