Prerequisites: LING 217 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 focu
- Teacher: Jacqoline Austin
Prerequisites: WRCM 102 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.
- Teacher: Maheen Zia
Prerequisites: WRCM 102 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.
- Teacher: Azeem Alphonce
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
- Teacher: Alvina Wasim
Prerequisites: LING 217 This course explores the relationship between language and society, with reference to the differences in linguistic behavior between women and men, from a cross-cultural perspective. Topics include a historical overview of linguis
- Teacher: Muhammad Abdullah
Prerequisites: WRCM 102 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 is on tracking some of the linguistic
- Teacher: Mussarat Shahid
Prerequisites: LING 217 The course introduces students to the principal findings, concepts, and models in the field of first and second language acquisition. The pivotal question addressed is: how (healthy) children acquire grammar (including structure o
- Teacher: Rehana John
Prerequisites: LING 217 Pragmatics helps us gain insight into inter and intra-cultural communication. This course studies conversations and different genres through the theories of pragmatics (strategies, routines, politeness, turn taking patterns, speec
- Teacher: Ambreen Javed