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| IDE5080 | Language and Linguistics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Asst.Prof.Dr.Öznur SEMİZ | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course is a general introduction to the nature, history and use of human language, speech and writing. Students will become familiar with both the theory and methodology of linguistics through readings and class discussions. This course is designed to familiarize students with major concepts as to language and linguistics and help them raise their awareness about language and linguistics. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | identify and define major issues regarding language and linguistics.
| 2,3,7 | | | PO - 2 : | identify structural and contextual problems regarding language and linguistics.
| 2,4,7 | | | PO - 3 : | be up to date with current subfields within linguistics study. | 2,4,7,10,11 | | | PO - 4 : | be familiar with various aspects of language such as language change and dialects.
| 1,2,3,5,7,10,11 | | | PO - 5 : | critique language policies and offer solutions. | 1,3,4,5,7,10,11 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Contents of the CourseIntroduction to Language and Linguistics: Sign and Sign System, Speech and WritingUnderstanding Sub-fields of LinguisticsThe Sounds of Language: Phonetics, Phonological Rules, Phonological FeaturesGrammar: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Rules of Grammar, Sentences and Syntax, Phrase Structure RulesSemantics: How to Get New Words, Sentence MeaningPragmatics: Inferring Meaning in ContextPsycholinguistics- Language and the Brain Child Language Learning & Adult Language LearningSociolinguistics, Language Change, Language Families |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Characteristics of sound and phonetics in language. | | | Week 2 | Sound variation and sound change in language. | | | Week 3 | Phonemens, syllables and phonological processes in language. | | | Week 4 | Examination of words, word classes, building words and morphological comparison of languages. | | | Week 5 | Word meaning, lexical disorders, lexical variation and change. | | | Week 6 | Examination and comparison of languages in terms of sentences and syntactic characteristics. | | | Week 7 | Syntactic movements effective on grammar. | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam. | | | Week 10 | Syntactic variation: syntactic parameters of variation in English. | | | Week 11 | Sentence processing. | | | Week 12 | Psychology of language, language acquisition mechanisms. | | | Week 13 | Computer aided models of language processing. | | | Week 14 | StudentpProject presentations. | | | Week 15 | Student project Presentations. | | | Week 16 | Final exam. | | | |
| 1 | Fasold, R.; Connor-Linton, J. (2006). An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge:CUP | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/11/2013 | 1,5 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 14 | 27/12/2013 | 1 | 15 | | Presentation | 12 | 13/12/2013 | 1 | 5 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 09/01/2013 | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 15 | 60 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Ödev | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Proje | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 169 |
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