ENG 517 - Understanding Language

3 Credit(s)

This course explores the nature of language primarily through an exploration of English structures. Those structures include sound patterns (phonetics and phonology); word classes (lexicon); word parts (morphology); and sentence patterns (syntax). Other topics include bilingualism (and issues pertaining to bilingual education); the varieties of English nationally and internationally; a social history of English and the expansion of English; first and second language development; methodologies of teaching ESL; and language death.