In the minor in linguistics, you’ll study how language is structured and used. You’ll also take a deeper look at grammar and choose from a variety of electives that cover topics such as sociolinguistics, modern grammar, psycholinguistics and the history of the English language.
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The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Linguistics Minor
Students must take both required courses and then 10 credits total of the listed elective options.
| Required Courses | ||
| ANTR 303 | LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY | 5 |
| or ENGL 360 | LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USE | |
| ENGL 459 | GRAMMAR FOR TEACHERS | 5 |
| Electives | 10 | |
Note: 1–5 credits in Modern Languages and Literatures courses, as approved by the program advisor, may be applied toward meeting the requirements of the linguistic minor. | ||
| SOCIOLINGUISTICS | ||
| MODERN GRAMMAR | ||
| SURVEY OF PSYCHOLINGUISTICS | ||
| HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE | ||
| Total Credits | 20 | |
Pre-requisites: sophomore standing.
This course explores the human condition through the study of language in real-life social contexts. It explores language’s relationship to various forms of human action, as a constitutive feature of the building of human communities, and as a differentiating factor within human communities associated with stratification and inequality. Topics include performance, identity, and literacy. Basic ethnographic methods in the study of language-in-action will also be discussed.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 201.
Major features of English grammar. Course covers word formation; part of speech identification; and the analysis of phrases, clauses, and sentences.
Pre-requisites: ENGL 360.
A survey of psycholinguistic process: language comprehension, production, and acquisition.
Pre-requisites: ANTR 303 or permission of instructor.
This course explores three interdisciplinary social science approaches to language: how language varies according to different social factors such as class and gender, interactive dimensions of language use in modern institutions such as hospitals and courtrooms, and applications of sociolinguistics to social issues such as multilingualism and language policy. This seminar course is lead by students; class discussions build off students’ presentations on assigned readings.
Specialization
Grammar, Linguistics, English as Second Language, World Englishes
