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About the Course

Everywhere, every day, everybody uses language. There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different languages. Join us to explore the miracles of human language! The Miracles of Human Language introduces you to the many-faceted study of languages, which has amazed humans since the beginning of history. Together with speakers of many other languages around the world, as well as with famous linguists such as Noam Chomsky and Adele Goldberg, you will learn to understand and analyse how your native tongue is at the same time similar and different from many other languages. You will learn the basic concepts of linguistics, get to know some of the key features of big and small languages and get insight into what linguists do. This course gives an introduction into the study of languages, the field of linguistics. With the support of the basic linguistic terminology that is offered in the course, you will soon be able to comment both on variety between languages, as well as on a single language’s internal structure. Anyone who wishes to understand how languages work, and how they can give us insight into the human mind is very welcome to join. The course is useful if you want to get a fairly quick introduction into linguistics, for instance because you are considering studying it further, or because you are interested in a neighbouring discipline such as psychology, computer science or anthropology. Furthermore, the course will help you develop analytical skills. If you are curious to understand how language works and how it gives insight into the human mind, this course is definitely for you!...

Top reviews

DC

Sep 23, 2017

Extremely informational, well presented, with questions that stimulate reflection. The optional reading material is food for thought. I hope to see more courses from the same professor and University.

DP

Jan 2, 2017

Excellent! Really enjoyed and learnt a lot. I did not expect such a great content and professionalism in a free course. I am definitely purchasing for the title.

Thanks to all the team! Great job!

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By Nilay P

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Oct 18, 2020

The lectures were both educational and fun thanks to the professor and his students' Marten and Inge.

By saleh a

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Sep 8, 2019

It was my 1st course in couesera and it was very helpful course. It taught me a lot about languages.

By Shaoyun H

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Sep 9, 2017

Love this fabulous course! Although sometimes the discussion questions are a bit hard to comprehend.

By Diana C

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Jun 8, 2022

Thank you for this course, it was great even though some questions of the quizes were kind of hard.

By Özlem A

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Nov 30, 2020

An amazing course for those who are eager to learn more about linguistics or test their knowledge.

By Marina G B

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Feb 12, 2023

Amazing course by an amazing team! It helped me to understand the different fields of linguistics.

By Sebastian R B

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Jul 8, 2020

An excellent course for anyone who loves languages and wants to learn more about how do they work.

By Georgina W

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Nov 11, 2019

Full of interesting information. I learned a lot in this course and was challenged by the quizzes.

By Mehran T

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Sep 18, 2023

iI really liked the way professor explained everything clearly and I just wanted to say thank you

By Hani W

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Feb 11, 2023

very interesting course, learned a lot about different languages, cultures and different manners.

By Stefanos M

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Dec 8, 2022

Online material on Linguistics (especially on this form) are very rare. This is truly a gemstone!

By Megan A

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Sep 28, 2022

This was fantastic. It gavce me a general understanding that my previous college course did not.

By Pallavi K

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Jul 8, 2017

Brilliant Course! I wish it had an advanced level or Masters level, I would really want to join!

By navid e

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Mar 5, 2022

This is a fantastic course if you want to step forward into the marvelous world of linguistics.

By Margaret F

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Sep 22, 2020

This course was totally fascinating. I want to do more! Thanks so much for making it available.

By Mustapha E A

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Jun 3, 2020

It is a useful course for linguistic students or for whom are interested in learning languages.

By ADAMS O M A

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Jul 30, 2019

this course was awesome, very illustrative and constructing, congratulations to the instructors

By Hale O

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Aug 14, 2023

I loved this course. It is a good introduction to anyone interested in languages/linguistics.

By Wessam A

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Jul 3, 2020

Informative course, I really enjoyed learning about linguistics since it's a new topic to me.

By Leon E V A

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Jun 12, 2017

Great course, I learned a lot and now I'm very interested in learning more about linguistics.

By Riaz L

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Nov 9, 2023

It is one of the best courses on linguistics for research scholars, students, and lecturers.

By Renan d J V

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Mar 16, 2021

I had a great experience doing this course. I learned so many amazing things about language.

By Diana S

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Feb 27, 2017

Exceeded all my expectations! This is a wonderful MOOC for anyone interested in Linguistics.

By Xinyao Z

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Apr 22, 2019

it's really helpful even for those who already have some basic knowledge of Linguistics! :D

By Dorian G

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Aug 27, 2016

I shall say it's a perfect introduction course for one who's interested in linguistic : )))