Module #1 What is Linguistics? Introduction to the field of linguistics, its scope, and importance
Module #2 Language and Communication Examining the role of language in human communication and social interaction
Module #3 The Structure of Language Overview of the basic components of language:phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics
Module #4 Phonetics:The Sounds of Language Introduction to the study of speech sounds, including articulation, acoustic properties, and transcription
Module #5 Phonology:Sound Patterns in Language Analyzing sound patterns in language, including phonemes, allophones, and phonological rules
Module #6 Morphology:The Study of Words Examining the internal structure of words, including inflection, derivation, and compounding
Module #7 Syntax:The Structure of Sentences Introduction to the study of sentence structure, including phrase structure, tree diagrams, and grammatical relations
Module #8 Semantics:Meaning in Language Exploring the study of meaning in language, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics
Module #9 Language Typology Survey of language types, including isolating, agglutinative, and inflectional languages
Module #10 Language Acquisition Examining how children and adults acquire language, including cognitive, social, and environmental factors
Module #11 Language Change Analyzing language change over time, including linguistic evolution, language contact, and language loss
Module #12 Language and Culture Exploring the relationship between language and culture, including linguistic relativity and language in social context
Module #13 Sociolinguistics Examining the social aspects of language, including language variation, language attitudes, and language policy
Module #14 Pragmatics:Language in Context Analyzing language in context, including implicature, presupposition, and speech acts
Module #15 Psycholinguistics Examining the psychological aspects of language, including language processing, language production, and language comprehension
Module #16 Computational Linguistics Introduction to the application of computational methods to linguistic analysis, including NLP and language modeling
Module #17 Historical Linguistics Examining the history of languages, including language families, language divergence, and language reconstruction
Module #18 Language Disorders Survey of language disorders, including aphasia, dyslexia, and language development disorders
Module #19 Language Teaching and Learning Examining the principles and practices of language teaching and learning, including language instruction and language assessment
Module #20 Language and Power Analyzing the relationship between language and power, including language policy, language rights, and linguistic imperialism
Module #21 Multilingualism Examining the social, cognitive, and linguistic aspects of multilingualism, including bilingualism and language contact
Module #22 Sign Language Introduction to the linguistics of sign language, including sign language structure, vocabulary, and grammar
Module #23 Gesture and Nonverbal Communication Examining the role of gesture and nonverbal communication in language, including prosody, paralinguistics, and kinesics
Module #24 Linguistics and Cognition Exploring the relationship between language and cognition, including linguistic relativity and cognitive linguistics
Module #25 Course Wrap-Up & Conclusion Planning next steps in Introduction to Linguistics career
