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Introduction to Linguistics

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Some fundamental concepts in the study of language and communication;
Language and gesture;
Sign languages;
Relations between human languages and other animal communication.
The use of grammar experiments to investigate language learning;
The use of eye-tracking technology to investigate language processing;
Big data dialectology.
How metaphor and metonymy can shed light on communication in everyday and educational contexts;
The stories we tell about social and political events;
The language of literature.

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University of Birmingham

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