Since linguistic evidence provides the primary data in the study of so much of our cultural experience, more powerful linguistic generalisations help us to better understand complex phenomena like ideological patterning, social groupings (or networks), 'personality', and the milieu of scientific inquiry or of business and economics. Many kinds of linguistic analysis contribute to understanding such cultural phenomena – for example, the patterns of process type, or thematic prominence, or mood selection in the grammar. But none of the singular linguistic statements can provide the power of cultural insight that is produced when we interrelate structure statements from the levels of... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor David Butt
Prerequisites: 6cp at 200 level including (LING211(P) or LING218(P))