General Linguistics Course
This course provides a practical introduction to linguistic analysis using real-life language data, covering key areas like phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, with hands-on skills in data collection, analysis, and reporting.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This General Linguistics Course gives a short, practical intro to analyzing real-life language with simple sentences. You go collect ethical public data, look at phonology, morphology, and syntax, and check out semantics and pragmatics in real situations. Learn to compare real and made-up examples, record differences, and make a clear final report with good info on structure, meaning, and how language is used.
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Develop skills
- Linguistic data sampling: gather ethical, bias-aware public language examples.
- Phonology insights: analyze stress, intonation, and sound patterns in short clauses.
- Syntax mapping: build clear clause structures with trees and bracket notation.
- Morphology skills: segment words, gloss morphemes, and explain form–function links.
- Meaning in context: interpret ambiguity, speech acts, and real-world language use.
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