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Marburg, Germany - Course Descriptions - The Design of LanguageCourse Information
Contact Hours and CreditsSemester Session: 48 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter creditsAvailabilityChoose a session below to view the complete description of that session.
Full DescriptionThe class will be blended, i.e. students will study online on the world’s largest E-Learning platform in linguistics: The Virtual Linguistics Campus (www.linguistics-online.com) and deepen their understanding of the topics discussed in the virtual sessions and in the workbook through various activities during fortnightly in-class sessions with the instructor.
Content The purpose of this class is to examine the various ways in which language has been an object of study as well as to familiarize the student with the terminology and methodology of 20th century linguistic science. It provides the theoretical and descriptive foundations for the investigation and solution of language-related problems, especially those of language use, but also problems of psycholinguistics and historical linguistics. As a consequence, this class tends to be interdisciplinary in many ways.
Throughout the class students will be required to analyze language data from a variety of different languages in order to develop a feeling for and proficiency in the proper techniques of linguistic analysis.
Class Requirements The credits will be awarded as follows:
• one final exam to be written in class (80%) • 5 out of 12 worksheets (20%)
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