Minor in Linguistics

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  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Linguistics is the study of the human capacity to learn and use languages. GW’s 18-credit, interdisciplinary linguistics minor provides students with training in the analysis of both the formal structures and social functions of language. Through analysis of key readings and approaches in linguistics, students learn how to interpret data and apply these analyses to theoretical debates and practical issues.

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Subjects

  • Language
  • Culture
  • Society
  • Communication
  • Human
  • Foundations
  • Processing
  • Research methods
  • Cognition
  • Analysis
  • Ethnographic
  • Speech

Course programme

Linguistics Minor Course Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 18 credits, including 6 credits in required courses and 12 credits in elective courses (6 credits in each of two groups of elective options).

Required
  • Language in Culture and Society
  • Foundations of Human Communication
Elective options

Language, form, and cognition group

6 credits (two courses) from the following:
  • Special Topics (Natural Language Processing))
  • The Meaning of Mind
  • Research Methods
  • Phonetics and Phonological Development
  • Language Acquisition and Development
  • Autism
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Anthropology
  • Language: Structure, Meaning, and Use
  • Phonetics
  • Brain and Language
Social and cultural contexts of language group

6 credits (two courses) from the following:
  • Language, Culture, and Cognition
  • Ethnographic Analysis of Speech
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Anthropology (Language and Media)
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Anthropology (Language and Religion)
  • Proseminar in Linguistic Anthropology
  • Topics in the History of the English Language

Minor in Linguistics

£ 100 VAT inc.