This course addresses the interdependence of language and culture in various sociological contexts and covers basic sociolinguistic theoretical models and methodologies including social network theory and ethnography. It also focuses on various aspects of
Theoretical concepts and empirical findings of modern linguistics on a non-technical level; highlights of the connection between linguistics and other disciplines; study of language, understanding of related disciplines.
Theoretical concepts and empirical findings of modern linguistics on a non-technical level; highlights of the connection between linguistics and other disciplines; study of language, understanding of related disciplines.
The course introduces some of the major concepts in translation theory and focuses on their application to translation practice. It deals with the issues of equivalence, formal properties of texts as objects for analysis at linguistic, semantic, discourse
This course explores the relationship between language and society, with particular reference to the differences in linguistic behavior between women and men, from a cross-cultural perspective. Topics include a historical overview of linguistic stereotypi
This course covers the basic concepts of morphology and syntax. Though an overview of other approaches is provided, this course takes a functional approach in the analysis of the structure of words, phrases, and sentences. Morpho-syntactic structures, suc
Built around the notion of 'all languages change over time', this course surveys the development of English language from its Germanic origins in the Anglo-Saxon period till today; emphasis on tracking some of the linguistic changes English has undergone