IDB613 - FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS and PRINCIPLES of LINGUISTICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS and PRINCIPLES of LINGUISTICS | IDB613 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Other: Theoretical | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Işıl Özyıldırım | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to study fundamental concepts and principles in various fields of linguistics which have to be taken into account regarding the analysis of language phenomena. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The course covers a variety of issues: Language structure and functions at phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic levels: structuralist and generative interpretations; the encoding of information structure and pragmatic categories; human languages categorised on the basis of typological and genealogical criteria; language use and semantic interpretation theories; language as an individual and social phenomenon; cognitive exploration of language. | |||||
| References | Akmajian, A., Demers, R.A. & Harnish, R. M. (1984). Linguistics : An Introduction to Language and Communication.Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press. Asher, R.E. (Ed.) (1994). The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 10 vols. Pergamon. Finegan, E., Besnier, N. (1989). Language: Its Structure and Use. NewYork : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Tonkin,H. & Reagan, T. (Eds.) (2003). Language in the 21st Century. John Benjamins Pub. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Fundamental concepts and principles in linguistics |
| Week 2 | Fundamental concepts and principles in phonology |
| Week 3 | Fundamental concepts and principles in phonetics |
| Week 4 | Fundamental concepts and principles in morphology |
| Week 5 | Fundamental concepts and principles in syntax |
| Week 6 | Fundamental concepts and principles in semantics |
| Week 7 | Midterm |
| Week 8 | Fundamental concepts and principles in discourse analysis |
| Week 9 | Fundamental concepts and principles in genre analysis |
| Week 10 | Fundamental concepts and principles in sociolinguistics |
| Week 11 | Fundamental concepts and principles in psycholinguistics |
| Week 12 | Fundamental concepts and principles in historical linguistics |
| Week 13 | Fundamental concepts and principles in pragmatics |
| Week 14 | Fundamental concepts and principles in cognitive linguistics |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 34 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 3 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 7 | 6 | 42 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 7 | 10 | 70 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 44 | 53 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest