Miracles of Human Language
An Introduction to Linguistics
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Rating | 4.6★ based on 365 ratings |
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Length | 7 weeks |
Starts | Jun 26 (40 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Universiteit Leiden, Meertens instituut (KNAW) via Coursera |
Instructor | Marc van Oostendorp |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Art & Design Humanities Languages |
Tags | Arts And Humanities Music And Art Language Learning Other Languages |
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professor marc van oostendorp
Professor Marc van Oostendorp explains everything in a clear and simple way and makes one get involved in the course and wants to deepen the study of Linguistics.
Professor Marc van Oostendorp is a wonderful teacher.
I am very appreciated to the professor Marc van Oostendorp and his students for this MOOC.
I had no special need for the course and, accordingly, no special expectations besides the joy of learning the basics of a subject that I've always liked, and of acquiring some basic skills on it.Professor Marc van Oostendorp does a remarkable job on being didactic, clear, interesting and covering a nice selection of aspects of this wonderful field.The course's dynamics is very nice: lectures, dialogues, assignments, interviews, informants' contributions, readings, forum, quiz... it's never boring, really nicely structured!A point which in my opinion can be improved: the redaction of the questions in the quizzes are many times unclear, confusing and even misleading.
Thanks to professor Marc van Oostendorp, Martin, Inga and other informants and contributors who made this course so highly informative and well-structured.
Professor Marc van Oostendorp was very engaging in his presentation of the material, and I liked the fact that his students were there to ask questions as well.
I would like to say an enormous "Thank You" to everyone who contributed to this Course to be accessible: to professor Marc van Oostendorp, to Marten and Inge, to informants, to translators, redactors, designers and all whom I didn't mention but who were those thanks to whom we now know all we know and share this with others!
My time with this course was awesome...I learned things more than my expectations .... thanks coursera especially thanks to " Professor Marc Van Oostendorp",doing a great job ... Great course, but the quizzes can be a bit too demanding and without clear answers.
Professor Marc van Oostendorp is an excellent presenter and was able to make the videos interesting.
My special thanks to Professor Marc van Oostendorp who was just amazing and made the topics very interesting and creative.
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field of linguistics
I've always been passionate about language, and I am very grateful that this MOOC provided me with the opportunity to gain some beginner-level insights into the field of linguistics.
This course gives learners a general picture of how the field of linguistics look like.
Miracles of Human Language is a wonderful introduction to the field of linguistics.
I feel like a got a real introduction to the field of linguistics!
It had interesting case studies and gave me a good grounding in the field of linguistics.
An excellent well-rounded introduction to the field of linguistics.
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language informants
really good and interesting, the quizzes (especailly the final one) were a bit irritating when you had to keep flicking back to previous videos on the same page (the language informants); I felt that the final quiz should have been exclusively what has been lerned rather than going back to langauge informant videos.
Love the material, readings and language informants!
I found some of the quiz questions to be unnecessarily difficult because of how specific they were to the videos of the language informants, but overall, I enjoyed the course and the wide range of supplemental materials that are offered.
I also liked how the language informants were used - I was able to practice what I had learned in the other videos by analysing their speech patterns.
His discussions with Marten and Inge were engaging and his interactions with the language informants was, well... informing!
There were errors, apparently, and I couldn't see the connection between the foreign language informants and what we were supposed to do in the quizzes.
The language informants part is quite nicely done, too.
A great introductory course!Of special value for me were the language informants.
Overall though, well worth the time spent, and a big thanks to Dr. Oostendorp, Marten, Inge, the language informants and everyone at Universiteit Leiden & Meertens instituut that made this possible.
Prof. Dr. van Oostendorp explains the topics extensively and he interacts with Martin and Igne and the language informants as if he has everything in mind.
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highly recommend
I highly recommend this course.
I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in Linguistics and languages, especially beginners.
This is the most interesting MOOC I've ever taken!I highly recommend everyone to try it Brilliant Course!
I highly recommend it!
Highly recommended.
I would highly recommend this course!
Oostendorp is a fantastic professor and I highly recommend his course.
I highly recommend this course for everyone into linguistics.
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lot of things
Interesting course, I've learned a lot of things about studying languages.
A lot of things are just come from the instructor's head without correcting reference from high quality literature.
I learned a lot of things from this course.
I loved it >w< I had been waiting for this because I enjoy learning about linguistics but I don't knew where to start, definitely this course was a miracle.All the resources had a high quality and were a great advantage to understand the subject, it was very funny to analyze different languages (especially in the last section), I learned a lot of things about culture, as well.Hoping all is well, congratulations for this course.
It is fun and very interesting, i learned a lot of things I totally recommend this course.
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reading material
Some assignments seemed daunting at first, but the reading material provided was usually enough to pass the quizzes.
Simply I can not be able to stop watching videos and go over reading materials.
Most the background reading material were Amazon books, which are expensive if you come from a country with a weak currency.
I obtained two books from the suggested reading material to further my learning.
Very interesting course, well-made videos, interesting interviews and reading materials.
I'm not giving 5 stars because I believe the estimated workload (in terms of time) for the mandatory reading material is at times vastly underestimated (like with the article on typology in module 1 and the audio lecture in module 6, for instance).
The recommended reading materials are interesting and relevant.
Super well designed course with intriguing classes and reading materials.
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easy to understand
The syllabus for courses are clear so it's really easy to understand and remember.
This is a decent introduction to the field of linguistics that is easy to understand and accessible to those without previous content knowledge.
The lecturer and his assisting students are entertaining and easy to understand.
It demands a lot of readings but the Instructor's explanations are really clear and easy to understand.
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leiden university
i chose this course as it interested me but it was by chance from Leiden university which is where I live.
It was a pure pleasure to study linguistics in Leiden University.
I want to thank Leiden University and Marc van Oostendorp for providing such a professionally delivered MOOC.
I wish I get other free courses as this great one!Best regards to all who participated in this course!See you in new other courses from Coursera!Ameer Alziyara Dr. Van Oostendorp and Leiden University have created a course of outstanding quality.
I will wait for other courses from Leiden University, Thank you for making me more knowledgeable.
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other courses
The level is quite high compared to other courses.
The student receives many emails urging the purchase of a certificate or of other courses, but the course itself is not kept properly updated.
There's a lot of linguistic analysis and hands on real practice that you cannot find in other courses.
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high quality
The assigned readings were really high quality, and they included a nice variety of styles and formats.
Very high quality course.
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anyone interested
I would not recommend this course to anyone interested in an introductory linguistics course.
This is a wonderful MOOC for anyone interested in Linguistics.
Great course with lots of interesting content for anyone interested in linguistics.
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Rating | 4.6★ based on 365 ratings |
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Length | 7 weeks |
Starts | Jun 26 (40 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Universiteit Leiden, Meertens instituut (KNAW) via Coursera |
Instructor | Marc van Oostendorp |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Art & Design Humanities Languages |
Tags | Arts And Humanities Music And Art Language Learning Other Languages |
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