Exploring Patterns in Language Structure
By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan
This book is an exploration of the structure of human language. It uses the scientific mode of inquiry, that of building an integrated and interconnected understanding of the information we gather by observing the world. In working through this book, we hope student readers will learn something about language structure as well as about scientific inquiry.
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Exploring Patterns in Language Structure
By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan
This book is an exploration of the structure of human language. It uses the scientific mode of inquiry, that of building an integrated and interconnected understanding of the information we gather by observing the world. In working through this book, we hope student readers will learn something about language structure as well as about scientific inquiry.
Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash
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Linguistics Education and Cognitive Liberation
By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan
We concluded the article, “Education and Cognitive Liberation”, with a plea to incorporate deep understanding, critical understanding, critical thinking, and independent inquiry as essential instructional goals — the desired learning outcomes — of education. In this article, we focus on critical understanding as a prerequisite to critical thinking, and explore ways to accomplish such understanding in an introductory course in Syntax, as an example of the ‘liberating’ approach to education in linguistics.
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Linguistics Education and Cognitive Liberation
By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan
We concluded the article, “Education and Cognitive Liberation”, with a plea to incorporate deep understanding, critical understanding, critical thinking, and independent inquiry as essential instructional goals — the desired learning outcomes — of education. In this article, we focus on critical understanding as a prerequisite to critical thinking, and explore ways to accomplish such understanding in an introductory course in Syntax, as an example of the ‘liberating’ approach to education in linguistics.
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Indoctrination in Linguistics Education
By KP Mohanan
The transmission of a body of knowledge from one generation to the next is an important function of institutionalised education. This function is usually satisfied by pedagogical texts, that is, the spoken and written text of educational instruction, found in classroom lectures and textbooks. This article provides a close scrutiny of the discourse of pedagogical texts in the language sciences.
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Indoctrination in Linguistics Education
By KP Mohanan
The transmission of a body of knowledge from one generation to the next is an important function of institutionalised education. This function is usually satisfied by pedagogical texts, that is, the spoken and written text of educational instruction, found in classroom lectures and textbooks. This article provides a close scrutiny of the discourse of pedagogical texts in the language sciences.
Photo by Mike Hindle on Unsplash
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Validity and Soundness of Arguments
By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan
An argument may make a logical conclusion given a set of premises, but the premises themselves may not be considered acceptable. Similarly, an argument may happen to reach a logical conclusion, but the reasoning used to get there may be invalid. This article explores the notions of validity and soundness, concepts crucial to reasoning and arguing effectively.
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Validity and Soundness of Arguments
By Tara Mohanan and KP Mohanan
An argument may make a logical conclusion given a set of premises, but the premises themselves may not be considered acceptable. Similarly, an argument may happen to reach a logical conclusion, but the reasoning used to get there may be invalid. This article explores the notions of validity and soundness, concepts crucial to reasoning and arguing effectively.
exposition conceptual inquiry textbook chapter