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Linguistics Programme
Course Descriptions
The Faculty reserves the right to withdraw or to add courses as may be necessary or desirable, but except in cases of extreme emergency or difficulty no course will be added or withdrawn during an academic year. The Faculty does not guarantee that all courses listed in the following pages will be available this academic year. Time-tabling constraints may impose additional restrictions on the combinations of courses permissible. Students should consult the timetable and seek advice from the Faculty before finalising their registration. Students are not permitted to register for courses that clash on the timetable.
LING1003/L10C Essentials of English Grammar This course is designed to enable students to identify and discriminate the relationships between structure and meaning in English; to examine English structure along traditional grammatical lines; and to have a grammatical vocabulary with which to approach other kinds of structural analyses. LING1004/L10D Grammar and Meaning This course aims to sensitize students to the connections between grammar and meaning. It approaches language from 1) the perspective of meaning and the meaning of its constituent parts, and 2) the perspective of grammatical structure and the grammar of its constituent parts.
LING1301/L13A Language and Communication in the Caribbean This course aims to sensitize students to the role, status and functions of the two principal language varieties used in the communicative network of Caribbean speech communities, viz. the standard variety and the mass vernacular.
LING1401/L15A Introduction to Language and Linguistics This course (and L15B) is a necessary base for proceeding to second and third year courses in Linguistics. The aim is to give students a general introduction to the field of Linguistics: the nature and origin of language; Socio-Linguistics; Language Acquisition; language typology and families; language change; grammar; writing systems.
LING1402/L15B Introduction to Language Structure The aim of the course is to introduce students to various descriptive aspects of the discipline such as Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and Semantics.
LING2004/L20D Semantics This course examines the field of semantics, i.e., basic concepts such as meaning as a property of expressions abstracted from situations, speakers and hearers. Some of the topics covered will include: basic concepts - reference, universe of discourse, sense, semantics vs syntax, semantics vs pragmatics.
LING2007/L20G Pragmatics This course deals with meaning in use, i.e., as it varies in different contexts. The focus is on language in communication or on meaning in relation to speaker situation.
LING2101/L21A Language Acquisition This course introduces students to views about how language is acquired; directions of research into first and second language acquisition; issues in second language acquisition research; theories of second language learning; neurolinguistic aspects of language acquisition.
LING2102/L21B Language Learning and Teaching This course explores approaches to and the sociolinguistic context of the learning and teaching of foreign languages in the Caribbean and elsewhere.
LING2301/L23A The Sociology of Language Some of the topics covered by this course include the typology of language situations; the typology of language functions; and language attitude surveys.
LING2302/L23B Sociolinguistics This course attempts to define 'Socio-Linguistics'; examine fundamental sociolinguistic premises necessary for an un-biased look at the cognitive and social functions of language varieties; understand the correlation of linguistic and non-linguistic factors; comprehend Socio-Linguistics in the West Indian context; understand the notion of communicative competence.
LING2401/L24A Contemporary English Worldwide This course is designed to introduce students to the multidimensional variety of English in use around the world.
LING2402/L24B Structure of the English Language This course is designed to enable students to identify and discriminate the relationships between structure and meaning in English.
LING2501/L25A Language, Gender and Society This course introduces students to gender differentiation in language and language use and provides insights into the problems of interaction between the sexes.
LING2801/L28A Phonology I The aim of the course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of phonological processes of language independently of any single theoretical model.
LING2802/L28B Syntax The aim of this course is to deepen the student's knowledge of syntactic theory and analysis. This course is an advanced follow-up to L15B.
LING2899/L28O French Lexicon Creole This course introduces students to advanced theoretical approaches to issues in phonology. It covers representation of segments, phonologicla rule types, the representation of the syllable, metrical phonology, the interaction of phonology with morphology and syntax and markedness issues.
LING3001/L30A Advanced Phonology This course introduces students to advanced theoretical approaches to issues in phonology.
LING3002/L30B Advanced Syntax The aim of this course is to introduce students to the theoretical framework and application of transformational grammar.
LING3102/L31B English as a Foreign Language This course will focus on the approaches and methods used to teach English as a second language. In particular, emphasis will be placed on the relevance and applicability of methods/approaches to the West Indian situation.
LING3103/L31C The Teaching of English This course will focus on theoretical and practical considerations of teaching English to native speakers in a formal setting. In particular, emphasis will be placed on the relevance and applicability of methods/approaches to the West Indian situation.
LING3201/L32A Caribbean Dialectology Substitute for RP300: Caribbean Studies. Topics to be covered include: the socio-historical background and development of Caribbean dialects and languages; the description and analysis of various aspects of contemporary Caribbean creole language structures: phonology, morpho-syntax, lexico-sematics; the description and analysis of language situations in the creolophone Caribbean; variation theory and the problem of describing variation in creole continua.
LING3202/L32B Creole Linguistics Substitute for RP300: Caribbean Studies. Topics to be covered include: the validity of the term 'creole' and the phenomenon of creolization; theories concerning the genesis and genetic affiliation of pidgins and creoles; decreolization and theories of linguistic change and acquisition; implications of creole language studies for general linguistic theory.
LING3301/L33A Pragmatics of Discourse This course is designed to provide students with practical experience in analysing natural discourse used in everyday contexts in order to understand how speaker intent is encoded in language and how both linguistic and sociocultural knowledge interact in interpersonal communication.
LING3501/L35A Social and Linguistic History of the Caribbean This course introduces students to the historical factors that account for the social and linguistic profile of the Caribbean. |
