INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DE LINGÜÍSTICA APLICADA
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - http://www.iula.upf.es

Courses

- Research methods applied to language

This course has a three-fold aim. 1) To familiarise students with epistemological issues in science and research; 2) to introduce students to research methods applied to language by looking at explanatory theories, problem solving, data collection, experimental design, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and 3) to help students to actually conduct Research by considering Research as a process and dealing with it in terms of three basic levels: a) the decision level (aims, objectives, hypotheses, variables); b) the realization level ((experimental design, instruments), and execution level (data collection, analytical techniques; interpretation of results).

- Linguistics and variation
3 créditos / fundamental / optativa / Ámbito temático: Variación lingüística

In this course the main aim is to introduce the theory of variation and offer an overall view of the internal and external dimensions of language variation. Language variation will be examined as an inherent property of natural language, in terms of phonological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic variation, language variation and change, variation as an analytical method, and sociolinguistic variation.

- Analysis and applications of language variation

Variation and phonology
Variation and forensic linguistics
Variation and language teaching