Semester 1 Outline
Weeks | Topics | Specificity |
7-9 | Language and Culture | Link btw. Language/Culture; Uniqueness of Humans |
Language vs. A Language | Active Competence vs. Passive Competence | |
Characteristics of Language | Uniqueness: Human-based, Systematic, Symbolic | |
Purposes and Functions of Language | Communication, Reflection, Ritual, Expressive etc. | |
Caribbean’s Linguistic Situation | Slavery and Domination | |
Pidgin, Dialect, Creole, Jargon, Slang, Register | Origin | |
Characteristics of Creole Languages | Features | |
Acrolect Mesolect and Basilect | Post Creole Continuum | |
Attitudes to Creole and Standard English | Positive and Negative | |
Types of Discourse /Styles of Writing | NEAD-Narration, Exposition, Argument, Description |
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