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ᴡʜᴏ ɪ ᴀᴍ
𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓
𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊
“"Hey, bird! Say 'Nevermore'," said the shadow. "Fuck you," said the Raven.„
𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃, 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐇 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐕𝐔𝐒
𝐎𝐃𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐑 // 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓
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𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆:Introduction to Linguistics - Undergraduate Coarse
20001. This course offers a brief survey of how linguists analyze the structure and the use of language. Looking at the structure of language means understanding what phonemes, words, and sentences are, and how each language establishes principles for the combinations of these things and for their use; looking at the use of language means understanding the ways in which individuals and groups use language to declare their social identity and the ways in which languages can change over time. The overarching theme is understanding what varieties of language structure and use are found across the world's languages and cultures, and what limitations on this variety exist.
Language and Communication - Graduate & Undergraduate Courses
20150/30150. This course can also be taken by students who are not majoring in Linguistics but are interested in learning something about the uniqueness of human language, spoken or signed. It covers a selection from the following topics: What is the position of spoken language in the usually multimodal forms of communication among humans? In what ways does spoken language differ from signed language? What features make spoken and signed language linguistic? What features distinguish linguistic means of communication from animal communication? How do humans communicate with animals? From an evolutionary point of view, how can we account for the fact that spoken language is the dominant mode of communication in all human communities around the world? Why cannot animals really communicate linguistically? What do the terms language "acquisition" and "transmission" really mean? What factors account for differences between "language acquisition" by children and by adults? Are children really perfect language learners? What factors bring about language evolution, including language speciation and the emergence of new language varieties? How did language evolve in mankind? This is a general education course without any prerequisites. It provides a necessary foundation to those working on language at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Language and Migration: Individual, Social, and Institutional Perspectives - Graduate Courses
30249. This class offers a broad range of perspectives on issues regarding language in the context of migration. For instance we analyze the ways in which language has been instrumentalized by Nation-States to regiment and restrain the mobility of targeted populations. We deconstruct the straightforward correlation between socio-economic integration and language competence in discourse produced by politicians and some academics alike. We also analyze how different types of mobility (e.g., slavery, colonization, and free individual migration) produce, at different times, differing sociolinguistic dynamics.
𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆:
Historical Linguistics - Undergraduate Course
21300. This course is an introduction to historical linguistics -- the study of language change over time. It covers the fundamental aspects of language change (semantic, phonological, morphological, and syntactic), as well as the techniques and procedures involved in investigating these changes. Students will study the comparative method, learn how to demonstrate or refute "genetic" relationships between languages, and try their hand at reconstruction of prehistoric phases of languages. The course will further address the issues of long-range comparisons, external (socially) and internally (structurally) motivated language change, and language contact. More culturally-oriented topics, such as evolution of writing, decipherment of forgotten writing systems, and language and prehistory will likewise be explored.
The Evolution of Language - Graduate & Undergraduate Course
21920/41920. How did language emerge in the phylogeny of mankind? Was its evolution saltatory or gradual? Did it start late or early and then proceed in a protracted way? Was the emergence monogenetic or polygenetic? What were the ecological prerequisites for the evolution, with the direct ecology situated in the homonine species itself, and when did the prerequisites obtain? Did there ever emerge a language organ or is this a post-facto construct that can be interpreted as a consequence of the emergence of language itself? What function did language evolve to serve, to enhance thought processes or to facilitate rich communication? Are there modern "fossils" in the animal kingdom that can inform our scholarship on the subject matter? What does paleontology suggest? We will review some of the recent and older literature on these questions and more.
Language and Migration: Individual, Social, and Institutional Perspectives - Graduate Courses
30249. This class offers a broad range of perspectives on issues regarding language in the context of migration. For instance we analyze the ways in which language has been instrumentalized by Nation-States to regiment and restrain the mobility of targeted populations. We deconstruct the straightforward correlation between socio-economic integration and language competence in discourse produced by politicians and some academics alike. We also analyze how different types of mobility (e.g., slavery, colonization, and free individual migration) produce, at different times, differing sociolinguistic dynamics.
