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
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
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: LING 217 This course aims to provide a general introduction to corpus based language study by analyzing large digital collections of text (corpora). Students will explore the use and manipulation of language in society by analyzing and tra
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
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