I’ve been helping students understand linguistic theory since 2004.
Sessions are based on your courses and areas of focus. We break down complex concepts, identify underlying patterns, and make the structure of the material clear.
Areas of Linguistic Study
Linguistics looks inside language to the structures that make it work.
I provide guidance in the following areas:
Phonetics
- Speech sounds and their description (place and manner of articulation, voicing, and the vowel space)
- IPA transcription (broad and narrow transcription)
- Waveforms and spectrograms (acoustic phonetics)
Phonology
- Underlying and surface represenations (phonemes and allophones)
- Phonological rules and processes
- Distinctive features
- Phonological analysis
- Syllable structure
- Autosegmental phonology and tone
- Stress, intonation, and prosodic structure
Morphology
- Word structure and morphemes
- Inflection and derivation
- Morphological analysis
- Allomorphy
- Morphophonology and morphosyntax
Syntax
- Phrase structure rules and constituency tests
- Clause structure and argument structure
- Grammatical relations, syntactic roles, and case
- Tree diagrams and X-bar theory
- Movement and syntactic transformations
Semantics
- Lexical semantics
- Predicate–argument structure
- Thematic roles (theta roles)
- Reference and deixis
- Scope and quantification
- Tense, aspect, and modality
Sociolinguistics
- Language variation and dialectology
- Register, style, and code-switching
- Language, identity, and social meaning
- Research methods and data analysis
Other Areas
- Historical linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
- Language acquisition
- Field linguistics
- Linguistic typology
What Students Say
“I have had the privilege of being tutored by Alex Hartman for the past three years, and I can confidently say that he is an exceptional educator. Alex possesses extensive knowledge in linguistics and his commitment to ensuring his students understand the content is truly commendable. His patience is evident in every session, and he goes the extra mile to make sure that I grasp the material thoroughly. Thanks to Alex’s guidance, I have performed exceptionally well in my courses. His teaching style, coupled with his deep understanding of linguistics, has been instrumental in my academic success. I am grateful for his dedication to my learning journey, and I highly recommend Alex Hartman as a tutor.” — Asia M.
“I am a third year student Speech and Language Therapist and was struggling with my phonetics and linguistics module and had an exam in the upcoming months. Alex went through all my lecture materials and resources with me and simplified everything, he made things that seemed so confusing so simple!! He was so understanding and his teaching is amazing, he is amazing. I passed my exam so that says everything to me!” — Maisy B.
“Alex is an outstanding tutor — he really takes the time to ensure that I understand a concept before he moves on to the next — nothing is too much for him and boy have I challenged him with some very complex phonological problem sets. He is very patient and has a friendly but very professional demeanour. After wasting money on other tutors I am so pleased to have found Alex who I will be working with long term. Highly highly recommend him!!” — Tana R.
Work with Me
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