Textbook
A series of materials will be provided.

Syllabus
Week 01: Introduction and Orientation
Week 02: Linguistic Relativism
Week 03: Writing Systems of the world
Week 04: Writing Systems of East and Southeast Asia
Week 05: Romanization of Chinese
Week 06: Writing Systems of Middle East and India
Week 07: Writing Systems of Europe
Week 08: Midterm Exam
Week 09: Loanwords in English
Week 10: Loanwords in Chinese
Week 11: Languages of Taiwan
Week 12: Language Death (I)
Week 13: Language Death (II)
Week 14: Language Planning (I)
Week 15: Language Planning (II)
Week 16: Final Presentation

Evaluation
Attendance & Participation: 20%
Homework: 20%
Midterm Exam: 30%
Final Presentation: 30%

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