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CURSO:LIVING TOPICS IN LINGUISTICS
TRADUCCION:TEMAS ACTUALES DE LINGUISTICA
SIGLA:LET0321
CREDITOS:10
MODULOS:02
CARACTER:MINIMO
TIPO:CATEDRA
CALIFICACION:ESTANDAR
DISCIPLINA:LINGUISTICA
PALABRAS CLAVE:LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS
NIVEL FORMATIVO:PREGRADO


I.DESCRIPCIÓN DEL CURSO

This course presents an overview of common topics usually addressed in the study of linguistics. Issues regarding the definition of language, historical linguistics, language acquisition, among other themes. Controversies and debates regarding the topics to be discussed will be identified and discussed in class sessions. The evaluation of learning focuses on the development of written and oral exposition and discussion pertinent to the discipline.


II.RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE

1.To analyse relevant information regarding the discussion of questions commonly tackled by linguistic studies.

2.To select significant evidence underpinning different perspectives towards linguistic phenomena.

3.To classify facts defining different perspectives towards linguistic phenomena.

4.To describe a linguistic phenomenon in regards to questions it raises, unique features and different perspectives towards its manifestation.


III.CONTENIDOS

1.Definition of language
1.1.General aspects about language
1.2.Definition and characteristics of human language
1.3.Modes of linguistic communication

2.Brain, culture and language
2.1.Cognition and the neurobiology of language
2.2.Social cognition and language
2.3.Finding culture in storytelling

3.Language and age in the construction of identity
3.1.Studies on early acquisition of the mother tongue
3.2.Studies on second language acquisition/learning social, cognitive and biological perspectives.
3.3.Code switching and translanguaging in the construction of the self

4.Language and social class
4.1.Attitudes, social class and language
4.2.Language variation and diglossia
4.3.Power and symbolic access


IV.ESTRATEGIAS METODOLOGICAS

-Factual oral discussion of readings discussing common linguistic topics.

-Cooperative construction of knowledge to characterize different perspectives towards a topic.

-Written discussions that understanding of the relevant aspects of topics commonly addressed by linguistic studies.


V.ESTRATEGIAS EVALUATIVAS

-Factual discussions of reading assignments: 30%

-Oral presentation of a topic related to linguistics: 30%

-Final Written Exam: 40%


VI.BIBLIOGRAFIA

Minima

Aronoff, M., & Rees-Miller, J. (2008). The Handbook of Linguistics. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.

Crystal, D. (2018) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge, UK: CUP.

Fasod, R., & Connor-Linton, J. (2014). An Introduction to language and linguistics. Cambridge. CUP

Genetti, C., & Adelman, A. (2019). How languages work: An Introduction to language and Linguistics. Cambridge, UK: Lightbown, P & Spada, N. (2013). How languages are learned. Oxford: OUP CUP.

Mooney, A., & Evans, B. (2019). Language, Society and Power. London/New York: Routledge.


Complementaria

Dixon, R. M. W.(2015) The Rise and Fall of Languages. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Koerner, E. F. K., and R. E. Asher..(2017) Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists. New York: Pergamon.

Grosjean, F. (2013). The psycholinguistics of bilingualism. U.S: Wiley Blackwell

Mitchel, R, Myles, F y Marsden, E. (2019). Second language learning theories: New York: Hodder.

Paradis, J., Genesee, F & Crago, M. (2010). A handbook of bilingualism and second language learning. Maryland: Paul Brookes.

Sapir, Edward. (1921) Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech. New York: Harcourt, Brace.


PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
FACULTAD DE LETRAS / AGOSTO 2021