LING 9W
Linguistic Humor: Amusing and Abusing with Language
Description: Seminar, five hours. Requisite: English Composition 3. Study of how principles of science of linguistics are applied in analyzing language structure. Data from humor and other amusements, such as secret languages (Pig Latin and more). Introduction to basics of linguistics analysis, including language sound systems, syntactic analysis, word structure, word meaning, and pragmatics. Focus on nature of language as innate part of human biology that allows people from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds to adapt language for humorous purposes, albeit shaped by culture as to what counts as funny. Satisfies Writing II requirement. P/NP or letter grading.
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Winter 2019 - Man this is my guy. I used to never be comfortable going to office hours but when I did go it was like I was speaking to a friend thats just trying to help. This class was really hard for me because I was never really a good writer but I wouldn't have made it without the support of the professor. He understood my situation and tried to accommodate as much as possible. He's really great at lecturing and he really knows how to engage the whole class. There aren't really assignments its mostly papers and whats really great is that the drafts are reviewed by peers and the professor and not just one or the other.I highly recommend taking this class if you are advanced in writing research papers because it is challenging trying to write a research paper on linguistics and humour but also if youre a beginner it helps you think critically in a creative way and you will get the help you need to pass and succeed.
Winter 2019 - Man this is my guy. I used to never be comfortable going to office hours but when I did go it was like I was speaking to a friend thats just trying to help. This class was really hard for me because I was never really a good writer but I wouldn't have made it without the support of the professor. He understood my situation and tried to accommodate as much as possible. He's really great at lecturing and he really knows how to engage the whole class. There aren't really assignments its mostly papers and whats really great is that the drafts are reviewed by peers and the professor and not just one or the other.I highly recommend taking this class if you are advanced in writing research papers because it is challenging trying to write a research paper on linguistics and humour but also if youre a beginner it helps you think critically in a creative way and you will get the help you need to pass and succeed.
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