Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Language, Culture and Variation
Course Number:
L_AABACIW205
Course Description:
knowledge of basic concepts of the field such as (standard) language, dialect, national and official language, minority group, language loss, diglossia, code-switching, language variation, gender, etc.;
- knowledge of the linguistic subtypes of variation: phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexico-semantic and pragmatic variation;
- the capacity to adequately describe and analyse language in its social setting;
- the ability to find and critically reflect on theoretical and empirical studies in the relevant subfields and to apply these in data-analysis of your own;
- the ability to write and present on topics within the relevant subfields of linguistics in a clear and coherent fashion;
- insights in the ways in which academic knowledge of the relationships between language, culture, and variation can be applied to specific domains of society (politics, education, language policy).
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ANTH 380
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