110年第1學期-0159 世界語言面面觀 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Midterm Exam	25
Final Exam	25
Student Presentation	15
Assignments	15
Attendance	10
Participation	10

教育目標

At the end of the course, the students will have a better understanding of the different ways languages work, as well as the nature and reasons of the differences and similarities between the world languages. This overview will be conducted through the presentation of practical cases and the realization of activities in class, in order to encourage student’s reflection. Course objectives: (I expect the students to achieve the following objectives by the end of the course): 1. Have a general overview of the distribution, differences and similarities of the world’s languages, particularly in their phonology, syntax, morphology and writing systems. 2. Have a better understanding of the ways languages organize and express themselves. 3. Identify some important writing scripts and the language they express. 4. Develop skills for analyzing languages

課程概述

Students in Tunghai University speak languages such as English and Chinese, that differ in many aspects, like phonetics, morphology, syntax and writing systems. This course aims to present a context of the linguistic diversity of the world, so that the students can better understand the reasons of the differences between the languages they know, and the place that these languages occupy in the existing diversity in the world. The course will also address some questions such as: • What are the language families in the world? • What are the main differences between the world languages? • What are the writing systems that exist? • Are some languages more difficult than others? Why? • What are artificial languages and why are they created? • How and why do languages change?

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：四/1,2[LAN011]
修課班級：外文系2-4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：網路選課

參考書目

A course pack will be provided containing the articles and activities used in class, taken, among others, from the following sources:
• Campbell, G. (1995) Concise compendium of the world's languages. Routledge.
• Comrie, B. (1987) The world's major languages. Croom Helm.
• Lyovin, A. (1997) An introduction to the languages of the world. Oxford University Press.
• Whaley, L. J. (1997) Introduction to Typology. The Unity and diversity of language. Londres, SAGE.
• Crystal, D. (2019) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge University Press.