All language teachers benefit from understanding of how language in general works. This course is designed to help students to understand and use in their language teaching the basic concepts, methods ...

Everywhere, every day, everybody uses language. There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to ...

This book is an introduction to the history and structure of the English lexicon using linguistic concepts. Or, it is an introduction to linguistics through the medium of the English lexicon. Or, it ...

Linguistics invites us to explore language from a scientific perspective, including how we learn to speak first and additional languages, how languages evolve, and how humans use language to ...

Description: Basic concepts of linguistics and methods of analysis of language; overview of linguistics and the role of language in society. Introduction to phonology, morphology, syntax, and ...

More language has been recorded in the last twenty years than in the entirety of human history. Using computer science algorithms, Computational Linguists can automatically process vast amounts of ...

Natural-language-processing applications are ubiquitous: Alexa can set a reminder if you ask; Google Translate can make emails readable across languages; Watson outplays world Jeopardy champions; ...

One good reason to take the Linguistics minor is that by learning to analyze language and evaluate claims about language you can improve the quality of your writing and argumentation in your major ...