The Linguistics Track equips students to be able to do the basic analyses of a language for the purpose of developing an orthography and dictionary, write a basic description of the sound system and grammar of the language to aid literacy and translation work in the language.
Courses cover relevant linguistic principles and research methodology.
The Linguistics Track is comprised of the following ten courses. All courses are taught at the university-level and can be part of a bachelor’s degree.
AC1
- Sociolinguistics
- Phonetics and Introduction to Phonology
- Survey Methods 1 or Field Methods and Data Collection
AC2
- Phonology
- Survey Methods 2 or Lexicography and Field Data Analysis
- Introduction to Grammar
AC3
- Language Development and Language Planning
- Survey Methods 3 or Discourse Analysis
- Anthropology or Advanced Phonology and Tone Analysis
Bible Translation and the Church must be done by everyone and is offered online.
SIL iDELTA Anglophone 