COURSES TAUGHT


LIN206: Language Business

Course Objectives

This course introduces students to the commercialisation of language and linguistic knowledge. It explores language as an industry and examines how linguistic expertise can be applied across sectors such as healthcare, media, artificial intelligence, tourism, and security. The course emphasises innovation, entrepreneurship, and the development of viable language-based business ideas, culminating in proposal writing and pitching.

LIN307: Digital/Corpus Linguistics

Course Objectives

This course introduces students to the principles, tools, and methodologies of digital and corpus linguistics. It explores how language data is collected, digitized, processed, and analysed using computational tools. Emphasis is placed on both theoretical perspectives and practical skills, including corpus design, annotation, and analysis across different linguistic levels. Students will also be introduced to basic statistical techniques and visualization methods used in corpus-based research.



LIN201: Basic Phonology

Course Objectives

This course introduces students to the fundamental principles, concepts, and analytical procedures of phonology. It focuses on how sound systems are organised in natural languages, the relationship between phonetics and phonology, and various theoretical approaches to phonological analysis. Students will engage extensively with natural and hypothetical data from diverse languages.