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Course Discription |
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This course is an introduction and critical survey of cognitive linguistics. It primarily investigates the comparative and contrastive approaches in the linguistic analysis. This course introduces students to the core subfields of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics/pragmatics), focusing on the essential formalisms and analytical techniques needed to pursue more specialized coursework in the field. Through direct engagement with data from a wide range of the world's languages, students gain experience in describing linguistic structures and formulating testable hypotheses about the organization of mental grammar. This course also provides cognitive accounts that deal with all linguistic patterns in terms of the principle and parameter theory (PPT). |