If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss language myths and fact;
- Describe the biological bases of language;
- Identify word classes;
- Understand the principles of making larger words from smaller words and pieces;
- Understand various word-formation processes;
- Distinguish between inflectional and derivational morphology;
- Understand English phrase structure;
- Diagram English sentences with modern syntactic tree;
- Explain syntactic errors with linguistic terminology;
- Understand structural ambiguity as it relates to syntax;
- Understand linguistic meaning at the word and sentence level;
- Describe the articulation of consonants and vowels;
- Divide words into units of sound;
- Transcribe English using the International Phonetic Alphabet;
- Describe various phonological processes;
- Understand key components of first and second language acquisition;
- Describe different English dialects;
- Understand the relationship between social contexts and language.