Module Identifier | ED10310 | ||
Module Title | THE DESIGN OF HUMAN LANGUAGE | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mr Robert Morris Jones | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | Tutorial. Every fortnight. | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written exam. | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: Assignment of 2, 000 words | 40% | |
Further details | http://www.aber.ac.uk/education/Undgrad/Modsae/Ed10310/ed10310.html |
At the end of this module, students should:
This module provides a general introduction on a descriptive level to the
main design features of human language. It complements modules in other
departments on language and/or literature, sociolinguistics and
computational linguistics. It makes students aware of basic concepts of
descriptive analysis which are relevant to more advanced and specialized
modules at levels 2 and 3.
Lectures are based on the following topics:
Tutorials provide students with the opportunity to apply the principles and methods which are introduced in the lectures: