Linguistics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

ENGL

314

Linguistics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

This study abroad/ applied linguistics course is designed to help students gain a linguistic perspective on written and oral communication, and, at the same time, apply that methodology to daily communication with people of varied ethnic backgrounds. The course focuses primarily on readings in the following linguistic categories: the relationship between language and thought, culture and gender, oral history and literacy, form and meaning, discourse analysis, and the nature of the Chinese and American linguistic semiotic systems. Students are introduced to technical vocabulary and linguistic inquiry methodology. Course requirements include a research project and papers related to readings and fieldwork experiences in China.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes

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