AJ12074 Reading Bolinger on Applied Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Milan Růžička (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A critical reading of the second half of Bolinger's "Aspects of Language". Areas covered correspond to chapters 7 - 12 in the book: Language and Logic Mind and Language L1 and L2 Acquisition Variation (dialects and historical change) Writing Language as a Socializer Excursions into neighbouring disciplines can be expected. Students will hopefully contribute their own crossdisciplinary experience. No technical knowledge is presupposed.
Syllabus
  • A critical reading of the second half of Bolinger's "Aspects of Language". Areas covered correspond to chapters 7 - 12 in the book: Language and Logic Mind and Language L1 and L2 Acquisition Variation (dialects and historical change) Writing Language as a Socializer Excursions into neighbouring disciplines can be expected. Students will hopefully contribute their own crossdisciplinary experience. No technical knowledge is presupposed.
Literature
  • BOLINGER, Dwight Le Merton. Aspects of language. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1975, xvii, 682. ISBN 0-15-503868-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The students will be expected to choose a project from one of the areas offered, do a piece of individual or team (in pairs) research, and make the results available to the other participants. The assessment of each student will be based exclusively on this form of participation.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Spring 2001.
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