Course Objectives

There are objectives to be achieved in each unit of the course. You should read them before studying each unit. It is expected that by the time you have finished studying this course you should be able to:
 explain the nature of human language;
 identify the levels of linguistic description;
 systematically analyze the linguistic structure of any language;  explain the history and development of linguistics;
 describe theoretical frameworks;
 apply linguistic principles to the various levels of linguistic description in English and
other languages.