This course aims at introducing students to some basic issues in English Phonology. Students are introduced to standard topics in phonology such as sound system, phonological processes, syllables, suprasegmental features – stress, rhythm and intonation, and distinctive features. In addition, major phonological processes such as assimilation, elision, insertion are also discussed

This course aims at introducing students to the field of Applied Linguistics and its major areas of research: pragmatics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics.
 

In this course we will explore issues related to Social Media. We will cover wide variety of topics including 
- algorithms used in Social Media
- Database techniques used in Social Media
- System architectures in Social Media

We will discover how Social Media sites operate, how they manage to handle the huge load and traffic of millions of users, and how they enable users to communicate in an efficeint way.