LINGUIST 4R03 - Cross-Cultural Communication

3 unit(s)

Students will explore the links between language and culture and learn skills necessary to be intermediaries between cultures. Topics include: communication between genders, the cognitive role of metaphor, language and perception, emotions across cultures, culture and advertising, body language and cultural stereotyping.
Seminar (two hours); one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of a program in Linguistics or Cognitive Science of Language