SPAN 313: Intro to Spanish Lingustics
Intro to Spanish Linguistics: Presents the principal branches of linguistic study, as it pertains to Spanish: the sound system (phonetics and phonology), the structure of words (morphology), and the structure of sentences (syntax). Additionally, attention is paid to bilingualism, especially Spanish in the US, and how Spanish is spoken/written differently by various social groups (sociolinguistics) and in various Spanish-speaking countries (dialectology).
This course was completed on Spring 2014 and it meets the one language/linguistic course for the core requirements for my ILP and the first and second MLO. This course contributes to the fulfillment of the core requirement by helping me get a better understanding of where Spanish originated from and how Spanish is structured (in sentences). Some work that I compleated in this learning experience/course that illustrates my development in this area are a couple of tests, some homework and a final. The homework was based on what we were learning from the textbook called, “Introduccion A La Linguistica Espanola,” by Milton M. Azevedo. An example is dividing a sentence in Spanish into parts (subject, verb, conjunction, etc.), and how to divide words by syllables(e.g. prefixes, suffixes, etc.). The exams were also based on the textbook. Lastly, the final was to choose a topic related to spanish linguistics (mine was: the dialects of Spanish in the United States) and write a four to five page paper on it. Some understandings that I gained from this course that is a significant contribution for my major is that it helps me better understand how the structure of Spanish works and why it works that way compared to other languages (e.g. English, Russian). Some areas that I wish to develop further are to be able to memorize the terminology used in class to have a better understanding of the subject. I intend to further explore this learning experience by taking other classes related to this topic and learn more about it.
This course was completed on Spring 2014 and it meets the one language/linguistic course for the core requirements for my ILP and the first and second MLO. This course contributes to the fulfillment of the core requirement by helping me get a better understanding of where Spanish originated from and how Spanish is structured (in sentences). Some work that I compleated in this learning experience/course that illustrates my development in this area are a couple of tests, some homework and a final. The homework was based on what we were learning from the textbook called, “Introduccion A La Linguistica Espanola,” by Milton M. Azevedo. An example is dividing a sentence in Spanish into parts (subject, verb, conjunction, etc.), and how to divide words by syllables(e.g. prefixes, suffixes, etc.). The exams were also based on the textbook. Lastly, the final was to choose a topic related to spanish linguistics (mine was: the dialects of Spanish in the United States) and write a four to five page paper on it. Some understandings that I gained from this course that is a significant contribution for my major is that it helps me better understand how the structure of Spanish works and why it works that way compared to other languages (e.g. English, Russian). Some areas that I wish to develop further are to be able to memorize the terminology used in class to have a better understanding of the subject. I intend to further explore this learning experience by taking other classes related to this topic and learn more about it.
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