Prerequisites: LING 217, LING 494 Presenting a well-thought-out thesis, using primary and secondary sources, synthesizing and analyzing these sources to develop a critical, well-thought-out, well-argued and theoretically apt 8,000-10,000 word research pa
Prere-quisites: LING 217 This course explores the theories and practices of language assessment and testing. Students will examine present and evaluate classroom activities and create various assessment tools in different contexts to understand the theor
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
Prerequisites: LING 217 This course aims to determine critical discourse analysis, its aims, special methods, and theoretical foundation. CDA mainly focuses on the study of power, dominance and social inequality using theoretical and empirical approaches
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
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.
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: Fahad Aftab
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
Prerequisites: LING 217 This course focuses on the psychological components of English language. It covers areas such as lexical ambiguity, language comprehension, language production, language acquisition and methodology to understand and help change hu
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: Azeem Alphonce
- Teacher: Rehana John