Concepts before Facts (95% of the time)

EL1101E: The Language of Language

• Language and Linguistics
• Phonetics
  • Segments and Speech Origins (Voiced vs voiceless, oral vs nasal etc.)
  • Consonants
  • Vowels
• Phonology
  • Phonemes (Allophones, Distribution etc.)
  • Minimal Pairs
  • Phonemic Systems (TB)
  • Natural Classes
  • Syllables
  • Solving Phonological Problems
• Morphology
  • Word classes
  • Morphemes
  • Morphophonology
  • Word formation processes (Affixation and compounding, blending)
• Syntax
  • Consituency
  • Parts of Speech
  • Phrases and phrase structure

SE1101E: Southeast Asian Studies