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Introduction to Linguistics

2024/2025
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
3
ECTS credits
Delivered at:
School of Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Course type:
Elective course
When:
1 year, 1 module

Instructor


Гладкова Анна Николаевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course studies what language is and what knowledge of a language consists of. Topics covered include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The course will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be examining a number of ways in which human language is a complex but law-governed mental system. Students will be guided towards in-depth reading on the topics and given the opportunity to develop the skills of analysis and synthesis of theoretical and methodological issues.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be guided towards in-depth reading on the topics and given the opportunity to develop their skills of analysis and synthesis of theoretical and methodological issues. Students will also be equipped with the core analytical skills necessary to engage in research on language. At the end of this course students will be able to explain the main properties of human languages, appropriately use the linguistic terminology for describing and analyzing language and linguistic phenomena, analyze language-related phenomena using the terminology and theories they have studied in the class, apply basic knowledge and procedures in linguistic analysis and solve basic linguistic problems.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • - knows the symbolic nature of the language - knows the main range of problems of modern linguistics, functions and forms of language - knows how to navigate through theoretical data - knows how to apply the conceptual apparatus of the theory of language in other areas of knowledge, - knows how to find, evaluate and use information from various sources necessary for solving scientific and professional problems
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Language and communication
  • Phonetics and Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Pragmatics
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking home assignment
    Students will be given short tests to accomplish.
  • non-blocking Report
  • non-blocking Activity
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 1st module
    0.3 * Activity + 0.3 * Report + 0.4 * home assignment
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Aronoff, M., & Rees-Miller, J. (2017). The Handbook of Linguistics (Vol. Second edition). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1484987
  • Introducing Syntax. (2017). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.repository.ubn.ru.nl.2066.170565
  • Joe E. Pierce. (2019). Languages and Linguistics : An Introduction (Vol. Reprint 2019). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2040319

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Barnes, H. (2017). Linguistics : Past, Present and Future Perspectives. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1530916
  • Carnie, A. (2012). Syntax : A Generative Introduction (Vol. 3rd ed). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=531592
  • Freidin, R. (2012). Syntax : Basic Concepts and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=458651
  • Robins, R. H. (2014). General Linguistics (Vol. 4th ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=778554
  • Saussure, F. de, & Harris, R. (2013). Course in General Linguistics. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=654248

Authors

  • Balakina Iuliia Vladimirovna