INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS MODULE : ALL THE LESSONS
About this module:
Introduction to Linguistics is a basic course laying the foundation of linguist' professional expertise. The discipline aims to raise students' awareness of what linguistics is, what and how it studies. It prepares students for further in-depth study of other related subjects. The discipline gives the basic knowledge of such issues as the origin of language, its structure, functioning in the society, correlation of lingual and mental processes, interdependence of language and culture, etc. The discipline familiarizes students with universal properties of human language and linguistic diversity.