23 Lessons
Learn more about language and language structure
On Demand
Take the class at your own pace and in your own time
About this course
Series: The AccessTruth Curriculum
Language and Linguistics (Module 5 of the AccessTruth Curriculum) equips participants in the some of the more technical areas of language and linguistics. Beginning with the basic concepts, it gives introductions and practical exercises in the following areas: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, language and meaning, semantics, pragmatics, language and identity, languages and dialects, language change and language families.
Assignment questions and discussion questions are on the PDF Tutorial files.
Emily Loggen
Emily received her Masters of Applied Linguistics in 2014. She is now serving with a team in South Asia with the aim of working in Bible translation.
Linda Mac
Linda has worked for many years in cross-cultural church planting consultancy with a focus on language and culture acquisition and literacy program development. Linda is the author of His Story: The Rescue and co-author of BEC: Becoming Equipped to Communicate.
What you will learn
- The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
- About what makes up language
- Practical ways to study a language
Tutorials in this course
Tutorial 5.1: Basic Concepts
14 min 53 sec
Tutorial 5.3: Phonetics 1
13 min 15 sec
Tutorial 5.4: Phonetics 2
16 min 52 sec
Tutorial 5.5: Phonetics 3
9 min 48 sec
Tutorial 5.6: Phonetics 4
14 min 50 sec
Tutorial 5.7: Phonetics 5
15 min 57 sec
Tutorial 5.8: Phonology 1
12 min 28 sec
Tutorial 5.9: Phonology 2
18 min 24 sec
Tutorial 5.10: Morphology 1
14 min 17 sec
Tutorial 5.11: Morphology 2
10 min 46 sec
Tutorial 5.12: Syntax 1
21 min 40 sec
Tutorial 5.14: Language and Meaning
4 min 42 sec
Tutorial 5.15: Semantics 1
22 min 51 sec
Tutorial 5.16: Semantics 2
17 min 21 sec
Tutorial 5.17: Pragmatics
17 min 34 sec
Tutorial 5.18: Language and Identity
18 min 36 sec
Tutorial 5.19: Languages and Dialects
11 min 42 sec
Tutorial 5.20: Language Families
15 min 42 sec
Tutorial 5.21: Language Change
14 min 44 sec
Tutorial 5.22: Language Types and Variation
12 min 28 sec