Monterey Peninsula College
Home Menu
Related Links
Linguistics Courses Offered
LING 10 FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course facilitates language teaching, learning, interpreting, and the understanding of the structure and nature of language. Students analyze English, with opportunities to compare it to a language of their choice. Language acquisition, processing, production, the language instinct, and the similarity and universality among the world’s languages are discussed. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Advisories: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area C2; IGETC, Area 3B; MPC, Area C
LING 15 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course uses free Open Educational Resources. No materials or textbook purchase is required.
This introductory course serves as a foundation for understanding language from an anthropological perspective, addressing such core questions as how, what, when, where, why and with whom we communicate. This course surveys three core areas in linguistic anthropology--structural linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and sign language as well as the biocultural basis of language; historical linguistics: origins and evolution/ change, dialects, and language families; and sociocultural linguistics: language acquisition in cultural context, emphasizing the relationship between language and culture, and issues of language conservation and loss. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online. [C-ID ANTH 130]
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- GE Credit: CSU, Area C2, D; IGETC, Area 3B, 4; MPC, Area C, D
LING 18 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course uses free Open Educational Resources. No materials or textbook purchase is required.
This course is a study of language and culture. It describes the birth, the uniqueness, and the evolution of language into thousands of new languages and cultures as humanity spread to every corner of the world. Topics include first language socialization, identity formation, and cultural creation, and how language both fosters and denies cultural membership. Discussion and case studies of nationality, human rights, conflict, domination and globalization in the context of diverse languages and cultures are included. May also be offered fully online.
Credit transferable: CSU
LING 25 INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND GENDER
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course uses free Open Educational Resources. No materials or textbook purchase is required.
This course examines the linguistic differences associated with gender and how these differences affect the speaker’s identity and cultural roles. Opportunities for analyzing and discussing language in terms of gender are provided. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- GE Credit: CSU, Area C2, D; IGETC, Area 3B, 4; MPC, Area C, D, E1, F
LING 30 INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3 units • LG-P/NP • Three hours lecture
This course traces the linguistic history of English from its Indo- European roots to its current status as a global language. Students are introduced to the historical events, the languages, and the structural changes that have shaped English into its present form. Also offered online.
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
-
GE Credit: CSU, Area C2, D; IGETC, Area 3B, 4; MPC, Area C, D
LING 35 INTRODUCTION TO NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course uses free Open Educational Resources. No materials or textbook purchase is required.
Of all human communication, 70% or more is nonverbal. This course introduces the biological and environmental roots of nonverbal communication and how the body, face, eyes, voice, movement, distance, and time are used to communicate without words. The role of nonverbal communication in forming and maintaining personal and non-personal relationships, establishing one’s identity in society, and deception are presented. Methods of nonverbal communication research are also introduced. Also offered as COMM 35; credit may be earned only once. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- GE Credit: CSU, Area D; MPC, Area C, D
LING 45 INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course examines the interaction of language with society and the individual, and how language establishes power, ethnicity, gender, and social identity. Students are also introduced to linguistic diversity in U.S. society today and methodology for sociolinguistic analysis of conversations. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Advisories: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- General Ed. Credit: CSU, Area D3, D7; IGETC, Area 4C, 4G; MPC, Area C, D, F
LING 46 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course is an introduction to the field of psycholinguistics. Topics include how children acquire language; how people speak, read and understand language; and how language is processed and represented in the brain. The biological and cultural foundations for language are also presented. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
- Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A • Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- GE Credit: CSU, Area D; IGETC, Area 4; MPC, Area C, D, F
LING 49 INTRODUCTION TO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course introduces theories and methodologies for the study of human discourse, or language in use. Discourse history, assumptions and principles, verbal and nonverbal communication, and society and culture’s roles in a variety of discourse genres are discussed. Opportunities to analyze both spoken and written discourse are offered. Portions of instruction are offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Advisory: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1A
- Credit transferable: CSU, UC
- GE Credit: MPC, Area A2, C, D
LING 50 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN DIALECTS
3 units • LG-P/NP • Total hours: 51 hours lecture
This course focuses on regional, social and ethnic dialects in the United States. The historical development of dialects in the US, linguistic change, as well as issues related to the perceptions and attitudes towards dialects are explored. Linguistic profiling and discrimination in the media and education system are also discussed. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.
- Credit transferable: CSU
- GE Credit: MPC, Area C, D, F
Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.
They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.
Windows Media Player
Word Viewer
Excel Viewer
PowerPoint Viewer
