It was fantastic, challenging and brought me refreshing theoretical inputs to add to my knowledge on the area. Thank you very much.

Fantastic. I didn’t know anything about linguistics and now I know basic concepts and have many extra books to read and learn more.

Excellent MOOC! Prof. van Oostendorp has done a wonderful job, asking students and colleagues to intervene. Extremely interesting!

Prof. van Oostendorp is an excellent and motivational teacher. I feel like a got a real introduction to the field of linguistics!

Wonderfully organized course! The combination of lectures, discussion, readings, and language informants was extremely useful.

It is a very interesting course. The method is so easy and deep ate same time and it makes us think about our human condiction.

it was a very interesting , well constructed course. The insight I have regarding the studies of linguistics is intellectual .

If someone out there is wondering what a language is and how a language works, this course is what you have been looking for.

Perfectly prepared course with a capable linguist and his skilled students. We can acquire a nice overview about linguistics.

This course made me to think more deeply about languages and human. Not only it gave me knowledge in linguistics, but also m

One of the best language courses that I've taken for an introduction to linguistics, and their knowhow. Highly Recommended.

it is a fabulous course. I spent interesting time with it. it is more than linguistics. it make you thinking as a linguist.

I found on this course what I was looking for: understanting and getting to know the structures of the language phenomena.

This course was a great introduction to linguistics. I learned many concepts, as well as the names for different concepts.

The basic aspects of Linguistics is thoroughly addressed in this course. One can laden with core aspects by this course.

Amazing course, amazing team.

This helped me a lot with my work and I got new knowledge I'm sure I'm going to be using.

Super interesting. Had so much fun with this course. If you’re curious about Linguistics, definitely take this course!!

Very interesting course, that is challenging but not impossible. The perfect way for young budding linguists to start.

Entertaining and interesting. Good introduction to the subject with plenty of links and references for further study.

my first ever course and the best course of linguistics, very impressive and lots of love to prof marc and coursera

I studied the subject because of my interest in the topic and found the course very informative. Very good course!

Structure of the course was wonderful, and the professor and aides were great. Really enjoyed the course, thanks!

Very interesting and easy to follow, though the quizzes are very hard, and the fact that it was free was amazing!

It is a very good Introduction for those of Us that know nothing of Linguistics. I was very happy to take it.

great enthusiasm and thought provoking, I look forward to more linguistics courses from Universiteit Leiden!