Course Description
This course analyzes linguistic data across various world languages. Syntactic and morphological features will be observed in terms of their typological implications and the question of language universals.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Course Guide
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Rationale
The teaching of languages, including English, is a growing field, which speaks to the increasingly global orientation of current educational, business, and political goals. This course will help both prospective language teachers and learners expand their knowledge in the field of world language and linguistics.
The content in this course will include an overview of linguistics with a focus on applying the knowledge learned through analysis of various words, phrases and sentences in English and other languages. It will also touch on several topics of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. It will cover various facets of world languages, including typology and universals.
Course Assignment
After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Students will complete 6 Discussions in this course. For each Discussion, they will post one thread of at least 250 but no more than 350 words and 2 replies of at least 100 words.
Student will write a review on various websites that relate to language learning.
Student will answer several questions working with different aspects of linguistics.
Student will write a review summarizing one particular perspective of interest in the chapter and reflect on it. Paper must be at least 250 words (but no more than 450 words) using the most recent APA formatting style.
The Final Paper will be written in 2 parts: the introduction, abstract, and first page, and the final portion.
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