Course Description
SPAN 313: 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). (Prereq: SPAN 202)
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Meets MLO2
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Meets MLO2
Course Narrative
This course meets MLO 2 and 6 as it helped me develop sentence structure and the pronunciation of Spanish words. The book Introducción a la linguistica Española is full of important information one can continue to use. Dr. Oliva most certainly is very knowledgeable in the linguistics field. We were introduced to the origins of the Spanish (castellano) language and others from the Iberian Peninsula including Catalan and Galician. The morphology, phonology and syntaxes were explored in depth. Among many phases, one area I found most interesting was the phonic apparatus because it explained the position of one’s tongue based on a sound. For stance, when pronouncing the letters p, b, and m it is called bilabial because one uses both lips.
Another area that was just as interesting were the symbols used for each articulation. To illustrate, in the occlusive category the sound of the letter p as in papa (potato in Spanish) is written as, [p]. This section of the book contains a generous amount of information that was confusing to me and others but Dr. Oliva was extremely patient and dedicated more time on this lesson. This class has improved my understanding of how language works in the its form of speech, sound and sentence structure.
Another area that was just as interesting were the symbols used for each articulation. To illustrate, in the occlusive category the sound of the letter p as in papa (potato in Spanish) is written as, [p]. This section of the book contains a generous amount of information that was confusing to me and others but Dr. Oliva was extremely patient and dedicated more time on this lesson. This class has improved my understanding of how language works in the its form of speech, sound and sentence structure.
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