An Introduction to Linguistics

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Course Description

A general introduction to linguistics and the study of language is provided in this course. There is first a general account of the nature of language and of the aims, methods and basic principles of linguistic theory. Then the main sub-fields of linguistics: the sounds of language, grammar, semantics, language change, psycholinguistics, soicolinguistics, language and culture are introduced in turn. In each of these issues, the most significant current work and trends will be surveyed.

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補充講義

Syntax

Course Description
The course aims to give students the ability to address questions regarding the syntactic properties that are shared by natural languages (as well as those that distinguish them) in a precise and info rmed way.

The topics cover principles that govern phrase structure (the composition of phrases and sentences), movement (dependencies between syntactic constituents), and binding (the interpretation of different types of noun phrases). Although most of the evidence discussed in the class will come from both English and Mandarin, evidence from other languages will also play an important role in keeping with the comparative and universalistic perspective of modern syntactic theory.

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華語教學理論與實務

課程綱要
本課程乃為培育基礎華語教學人才而設計，內容分理論學習與實務教學兩部分；在理論學習方面，除了介紹並分析華語的語音、詞彙、及語法特徵與結構之外，並探討文化與語言教學的融合等議題；在實務訓練方面，除了教授課室經營、教學方法及教案設計之外，並引導同學實際參與認識華語教學的環境。

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大綱及補充教材

Rhetoric and Guided Writing

1. To help students establish a rational and methodical approach to English writing.
2. To help students understand the idea of “sentence” and ‘paragraph” so that students can produce appropriate and coherent sentences, paragraphs and short compositions in a regular basis.
3. To introduce fundamental concepts and basic skills in English rhetoric so that students can appreciate and produce satisfactory sentences, paragraphs and compositions.

Provided by Dr. C. K. Liu, National Taipei University

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專題研究

Course Description

This course teaches students (a). to locate and use reference books and libraries, (b). to write an acceptable term paper, (c). to understand the basic concepts of research design and statistics, (d). to design and conduct related research.

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Pragmatics

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Composition and Conversation I

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