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ENG 205 Introduction to the Study of Language
Credit Hours:  3
Effective Term: Fall 2012
SUN#: N/A
AGEC: Cultural (Ethnic/Race/Gender) Awareness   Humanities  
Credit Breakdown: 3 Lectures
Times for Credit: 1
Grading Option: A/F
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Description: Learn how language works by focusing on grammatical, social, and biological aspects of language. Learn about speech sounds and sound patterns (phonetics and phonology), how words are formed (morphology), and how sentences are organized (syntax). Also, learn how language is acquired (psycholinguistics), how words and phrases are understood (pragmatics and semantics), how language changes (historical linguistics), and how language impacts our society (sociolinguistics). Prerequisite: RDG094.

Prerequisites: RDG094

Corequisites: None

Recommendations: N/A

Measurable Student Learning Outcomes
1. (Synthesis Level) Examine and challenge assumptions and misconceptions about language.
2. (Analysis Level) Define, explain, and exemplify grammatical terminology common to the study of language.
3. (Application Level) Display and explain how the sounds of English are articulated (phonology).
4. (Application Level) Apply knowledge of the phonetic alphabet and phonemic distinctions to translate a given example from conventional spelling to phonetic spelling, and vice versa (phonetics).
5. (Evaluation Level) Describe the significance of phonetic rules and properties, explaining the similarities and differences of these rules and properties across specific languages and cultures.
6. (Analysis Level) Describe rules of word formation and word coinage and illustrate each rule with examples from English and other languages.
7. (Analysis Level) Define, explain, and exemplify various sentence patterns in the English language (syntax).
8. (Analysis Level) Contrast grammatical functions (subject, object, etc.) with parts of speech (noun, verb, etc.) and apply these constructs to sample sentences in various languages.
9. (Analysis Level) Identify lexical relations between words and their meaning in various linguistic and situational contexts.
10. (Evaluation Level) Identify and compare key theories in the field of language acquisition and apply these theories to sets of linguistic data.
11. (Synthesis Level) Contrast the concepts of standard language and nonstandard language and synthesize information regarding similarities and differences across languages and dialects, including gender differences.
12. (Synthesis Level) Create a matrix of specific world languages which identifies key characteristics of the language and culture.
13. (Analysis Level) Analyze how linguistic systems shape human experience.
Internal/External Standards Accreditation
N/A