Goals
Introduction to Linguistics
Our introduction will be largely informal and will be motivated by questions about the nature of
Is there an essential differences between human language and animal communication systems?
What is the origin of language?
What roles does language play in human cognition and social behaviour?
Developing a philosophy of education
Education does not stop outside of the class or at the end of the semester
The course will be successful if you continue to discover relevance to other areas of study Understanding argumentation
Science does not progress by the assertion of belief
Evidence for an opinion and arguments from the evidence must be presented, analyzed and eventually accepted or rejected
Rarely in the study of language do all researchers agree
Instead, there are usually several positions for and against
Learning the language of academe