Linguistics

MODULE: Linguistics

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 36 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

This program deals with the structural and interpretive parts of language: morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, variation, and change. It is also cognitively oriented and includes pragmatics, psychology of language, language acquisition, and language and the brain. The program provides a sound coverage of linguistic methodology. Language is the ultimate puzzle of the human mind.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 Academic Credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Languages of the World
The Communication Process
Language Acquisition
Human Communication Theory
Linguistics
Modern Linguistics
Grammar & Morphology
Syntax & Semantics
Phonetics & Phonology
Psychology of Language
Philosophy of Language
Cognitive Development

Academic Supervisor: Peter A. Muckley

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 - 50 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 - 70 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Languages of the World

Language is a fundamental characteristic of the human species. This course provides a survey of the world's languages, focusing on their diversity and complexity, as well as their syntactic, phonological, and morphological properties.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

The Communication Process

This course introduces the processes that govern message delivery and reception. It covers intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, non-verbal communication, language and verbal interaction, group communication and conflict management. It considers the impact of context, situation, perception, culture, medium and message on communication.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Language Acquisition

This course explores the question “How do children manage to learn language?” It introduces classic and contemporary theories of language acquisition. Topics include early speech perception; word learning; acquisition of phonology, morphology, and syntax; development of pragmatic and metalinguistic knowledge; and developmental change in language comprehension and production.

Instructor: Philomena Wavinya Ndambuki

Human Communication Theory

This course explores contemporary theories of human communication, with emphasis on the internal and external communication processes in business and other professional organizations. It surveys theory, techniques, practices, goals, and the social environment in which human communication exists.

Instructor: Eduardo Cano Camarero

Linguistics

This course deals with the structural and interpretive parts of language: morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, variation, and change. It is also cognitively oriented and includes pragmatics, psychology of language, language acquisition, and language and the brain. It provides a sound coverage of linguistic methodology. Language is the ultimate puzzle of the human mind.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

Modern Linguistics

This course examines modern linguistics, behaviorist versus rationalist theories of language, universal and cognitive aspects of language structure, interplay of genetic and social factors in language formation, and linguistic analysis. It reviews the major linguistic theories in phonology, syntax and semantics.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

Grammar & Morphology

This course explores grammatical concepts and terminology, the structure of words and the processes by which they are formed. It explains morphological processes in a variety of languages.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

Syntax & Semantics

This course studies of the structural properties of language and the parameters model of syntactic theory. It explores the meaning in language and how it functions in communication and thinking, the relation of semantics to syntax, and the discussion of various semantic phenomena in natural language.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

Phonetics & Phonology

This course studies speech sounds, mechanism of their production, and structuring of sounds in languages. It reviews current issues in phonetics and phonology.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

Psychology of Language

This course examines the psychological processes that underlie the use of language. It explains how the principles are applied to linguistic development and organization, including language structure, speech perception, language acquisition, and the psychological processes underlying comprehension and production of language. It examines the relation between brain and language, and the question of the species-specificity of human language.

Instructor: Elena Lorente Rodríguez

Philosophy of Language

This course studies the major topics and concepts of the philosophy of language, including the nature and structure of language, how meaning emerges in language, the relationship of language and the world, the role of ambiguity in dialogue, and the evolution of language in community.

Instructor: Carmen Ramirez Hurtado

Cognitive Development

This course will focus on the theories and models of learning as applicable to the fields of education, cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence. It reviews different theoretical orientations to learning and memory, metacognition, analogy, language acquisition, reading, writing, mathematics, concept learning, skill acquisition, and self regulated learning.

Instructor: Elena Lorente Rodríguez

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Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.