This course provides a brief overview of the history of English, followed by discussions and exercises in syntactic and stylistic analyses. Ultimately, the course examines the development of English in the Caribbean in general and in St. Martin in particular.
I. Learning outcomes:
On completing this course, the students should be able to:
- Grasp the complexity of language as a communication system shaped by cognitive, biological, cultural, and social factors.
- Demonstrate understanding of the concepts, theories and methodologies used by linguists in qualitative and quantitative analyses of linguistics structure, and patterns of language use.
- Demonstrate understanding of processes of language change and variation, the role of language in reflecting and constructing social identities, and the distinctive properties of human language.
- Collect, organize, and analyze linguistic data from diverse languages, to form hypothesis against new data.
- Acquire the technical vocabulary and theoretical tools of the field, necessary to read published linguistic research. Synthesize research findings and construct a readable, well-supported research report.
- Demonstrate readiness for significant scholarly participation in the field of linguistics.
- Teacher: Rochelle Ward