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LING211 Grammar and Meaning
Availability : |
DE1 |
Credit Points |
4 |
Convenor(s) |
Office: C5A 423
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Unit Web Site |
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Description
Grammar is the powerhouse of language. This course will introduce you to the relationship of grammar and meaning, through understanding the three functions of language:
• ideational function - how we use language to model experience
• interpersonal function - how we enact our social relationships through language
• textual function - how we organise our language into coherent text in the many different contexts in which we interact.
The analysis you will learn about in this unit is used in many different fields of study, including computational linguistics, translation, literary studies, child language development, political and media discourse, the language of health professionals, the language of education, etc. This is a course for people who love language, or who understand that language is important to all aspects of human life.