Introduction to Linguistics (WiTerm 22/23)

This course introduces five core areas of grammar: Phonetics/phonology investigates the sounds of English and how they are used to distinguish meanings. Morphology describes the structure of words and syntax the structure of sentences. Finally, semantics is about the way in which linguistic expressions (in particular, words and sentences) can be interpreted, and pragmatics deals with the way in which language is used to perform concrete actions. The course prepares students for the MAP of Module 1.