SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentFreshman Class A, Department of English
Course NameIntroduction to English Linguistics
InstructorCHUI KA-WAI
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
PrerequisiteIntroduccion a Linguistica Hispanica、Introduction to English Linguistics、N/A、World Englishes
Course Objective
Course Description
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Topics

Readings

Course introduction

 

Language acqusition

Language Files, Ch8

Psycholinguistics

Language Files, Ch9

Language variation

Language Files, Ch10

Mid-term exam

 

Language and culture

Language Files, Ch11

Language contact

Language Files, Ch12

Language change

Language Files, Ch13

Self-learning

TBA

Final exam

 

Self-learning

TBA

A written report



 

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA 


Requirement/Grading

COURSE REQUIREMENTS 評量項目




  • Class attendance - Students who are absent three times or more will fail the course.

  • Class participation

  • Exams

  • A written report related to the course topics



GRADING 評分標準




  • Exams (50%)

  • Attendance & participation (25%)

  • Written report (25%)

  • Cheating or plagiarism (FAIL)


Textbook & Reference

 



Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13th Edition. Columbus: Ohio State University Press. 2022.



Rickerson, E.M., and Hilton, B. (Eds.) 2012. The 5-Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages, Second Edition. Sheffield: Equinox.



《語言學：結構、認知與文化的探索》。黃宣範主編。2021年。台北：國立臺灣大學出版中心。



《語言學新引》。黃宣範譯。2003年。台北：文鶴出版。


Urls about Course
Ethnologue: Languages of the World https://www.ethnologue.com/ Linguistic Society of America https://www.linguisticsociety.org/ The International Phonetic Association https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/
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