A&H 126 Introduction to English Linguistics

Content

What’s the difference between a sentence and a clause? What do the modal verbs have to do with politeness? What is voice and how is it related to representations of power? These and other questions will be explored in this course, which introduces students to fundamental concepts in linguistics and focuses on these concepts as they apply to the study of the English language. Students will be equipped with the skills necessary for identifying and describing linguistic features at all levels of language from the phonemic to the discoursal. In addition, the course will lay the foundations for further study in linguistics by introducing students to key issues in the study of language, society and culture.

Instructor

Dr. Ernestine Lahey

Track

Linguistics

Period

Fall / 2009

Required for

This course is required in order to take the following course:

• A&H 325 Topics in Linguistics

This course is an alternative requirement for the following course:

• A&H 225 Sociolinguistics
• SCI 235 Psycholinguistics