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INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Co u rs e Ou tlin e
I.

Co u rs e Obje ctive s
At the end of the course, the students acquire the followin g com petences:
- understand various concepts in and the nature of linguistics
- understand various aspects of linguistics studies
- conduct sim ple analyses on sim ple lin guistic data

II.

Co u rs e P ro gre s s

Week
1

2
3
4
5

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

To p ics
Introduction to the Course and Requirem ents;
Language & Linguistics (what it covers and its
branches)
The Languages of the World
Theories in Linguistics: Ferdinand de Saussure,
Noam Chom sky
Phonetics: Description of Sounds
Phonology: Sound Arrangem ent
Morphology: Morphem es, Condition ing, and

Words
Mid Exam
Syntax: Sentence Patterns and Analyses
Sem antics: Meanin gs of Words and Sentences
Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies:
Sociolinguistics
Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies:
Psycholinguistics
Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Studies:
Pragm atics
Review
Final Exam

Re s o u rce s
Aitchison p. 1-24

Pre s e n te r

Group 1
Group 2, 3

Aitchison p 26-32
Aitchison p 243-252,
Parker p 83-111
Aitchison p 44-54
Aitchison p 56-67

Group 5
Group 6

Aitchison p 68-86
Aitchison p 88-99
Aitchison p 114-130

Group 7
Group 8
Group 9

Aitchison
132-146

Group 10

p

10 4-112,

Group 4

Group 11

III.

Evalu atio n
Final grades are determ ined by average score of the tests, the fulfillm ent of m inim um attendance and
the com pletion of assign m ents.
Attendance
: 10 %
Class Participation
: 15%

Tasks & Assignm ents
: 20 %
Mid-test
: 25%
Final-test
: 30 %

IV.

Re fe re n ce s
Aitchison , J ean . 20 0 3. Linguistics. London: Hodder Headline.
Crystal, David. 1992. The Cam bridge Ency clopedia of Language. Cam bridge: Cam bridge Univ Press.
J ones, Daniel. 1992. The Pronunciation of English. Cam bridge: Cam bridge Un iversity Press.
O’Grady, William et al. 1996. Contem porary Linguistics: an Introduction. Harlow: Pearson Education.
Parker, Fran k. 1986. Linguistics for N on-Linguists. London: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Trudgill, Peter. 1983. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society . London: Penguin.
Widdowson, H.G. 1996. Lin guistics. Oxford: Oxford Univ Press.

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