Teacher: Hubert Kowalewski
Email: hubert.kowalewski@umcs.pl
Office hours: Tuesday 12:30-14:00, Wednesday 13:30-15:00
Course book: Yule, G. (2006) The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (available in Faculty of Humanities reading room; building of Faculty of Humanities, 1st floor)
Setting the scene
Chapter 1: Origins of language
Chapter 2: Animals and human language
Chapter 5: Word formation
Chapter 10: Pragmatics
Chapter 12: Language and the brain
Chapter 13: First language acquisition
Chapter 15: Gestures and sign languages
Chapter 16: Writing
Chapter 17: Language history and change
Chapter 18: Language and regional variation
Chapter 19: Language and social variation (without the section "African American English")
Chapter 20: Language and culture