MLO 2: Linguistics
Students develop their knowledge of fundamental concepts in the fields of Hispanic and Applied Linguistics, and are able to apply them in the completion of research papers and data-driven small-scale research studies pertaining current issues in these areas.
Under the requirements of MLO 2: Linguistics, I have met this requirement in the following courses.
Under the requirements of MLO 2: Linguistics, I have met this requirement in the following courses.
- SPAN 303- Advanced Spanish Grammar
- SPAN 313- Intro to Spanish Linguistics
- SPAN 314- Spanish Applied Linguistics
- SPAN 323- Hispanic Sociolinguistics
Reflective Narratives
Language as a construct is as flexible as the cultures and civilizations that use it. Through linguistics, we can critically analyze the variation of speech and all of the puzzle pieces that make up the language of our specialization. Linguistics is powerful and interesting. Our studies consisted in learning about phonetics, pragmatics, semantics, variation, and other subgroups of linguistic analysis through practice. I started my MLO 2 in SPAN 313 Intro to Spanish Linguistics. I further explored my interests in linguistics through my studies in this course during my second semester here at CSUMB, fall of 2022. I took this course with Dr. Pozzi. Dr. Pozzi is a teacher with a passion for Hispanic linguistics, which motivates you to learn more about the different variations that exist in Latin American countries. In this course, I had the opportunity to draft a mini project on El dialecto de Yucatán, “Spanish Dialect of Yucatan.” This project, in particular, was significant because it was the starting point of my interest in linguistics as I began to see the field as beyond just the study of language. This project was an interesting experience for me because I was able to learn about a part of Mexico where I have never been to understand the way they use the Spanish language, like incorporating the Mayan language into Spanish. As of writing this, the course that I am taking that meets MLO 2 is SPAN 303 - Advanced Spanish Grammar with Dr. Pozzi. In this course, we are learning ways to build a sentence in the way that the RAE expects it to be and the ways that other Hispanic speakers write a sentence. Besides this, we view what linguistic discrimination is and what linguistic profiling is. All in all, MLO 2 helped me make sense of the language that I learned and appreciate my ways of speaking to reflect my life circumstances and environment. MLO 2 will continue to apply to my research interests in the intersection of linguistic and cultural identity.