25.4781, Summer Schools: Miracles of Human Language: an Introduction to Linguistics

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Subject: 25.4781, Summer Schools: Miracles of Human Language: an Introduction to Linguistics

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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:51:39
From: Marten van der meulen [m.s.van.der.meulen at umail.leidenuniv.nl]
Subject: Miracles of Human Language: an Introduction to Linguistics

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Miracles of Human Language: an Introduction to Linguistics

Host Institution: Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
Coordinating Institution: Coursera
Website: https://www.coursera.org/course/humanlanguage

Dates: 30-Mar-2015 - 11-May-2015
Location: Leiden, Netherlands

Focus: The Miracles of Human Language is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) hosted at Coursera, which introduces you to the many-faceted study of languages, which has amazed humans since the beginning of history. Together with speakers of many other languages around the world, as well as with famous linguists such as Noam Chomsky, you will learn to understand and analyse how your native tongue is at the same time similar and different from many other languages. You will learn the basic concepts of linguistics, get to know some of the key features of big and small languages and get insight into what linguists do.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum

Description:
This course gives an introduction into the study of languages, the field of
linguistics. With the support of the basic linguistic terminology that is
offered in the course, you will soon be able to comment both on variety
between languages, as well as on a single language’s internal structure.
Anyone who wishes to understand how languages work, and how they can give us
insight into the human mind is very welcome to join.

The course is useful if you want to get a fairly quick introduction into
linguistics, for instance because you are considering studying it further, or
because you are interested in a neighbouring discipline such as psychology,
computer science or anthropology. Furthermore, the course will help you
develop analytical skills.

If you are curious to understand how language works and how it gives insight
into the human mind, this course is definitely for you!

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Tuition: 0 USD

Tuition Explanation: MOOCs are free of charge. Anybody interested can enroll and follow the course.

Registration: 20-Nov-2014 to 29-Mar-2015

Contact Person: Marten van der meulen
                Email: m.s.van.der.meulen at umail.leidenuniv.nl

Apply on the web: https://www.coursera.org/course/humanlanguage

Registration Instructions:
You will need to register with Coursera, who provides our MOOC. Simply click
the "Join for Free" button and the rest is self-explanatory!

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