Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Linguistics 2 İÖZ208 4. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction English
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery face to face
Course Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Yusuf ŞEN
Instructors Yusuf ŞEN
Assistants
Goals The objective of this course is to introduce fundemental concepts of linguistics: morphology, syntax, pragmatics and sociolinguistics.
Course Content Error analysis of language learners’ production data, case studies, and comparative analysis of native and target languages; morphology; free and bound morphemes, compounds, inflectional morphology, derivational morphology, morphemic analysis, morphological typology of languages, analysis of the internal hierarchical structure of words, morphophonological variation; syntax: word categories, phrase and clause structure, transformational-generative grammar, government and binding, minimalist program, argumant structure, theta-roles; pragmatics: deixis, implicature, conversational maxims, speech acts and politeness. sociolinguistics; dialects, register, style; discourse: criteria for textuality, types of cohesive devices, discourse connections, functions, the discourse situation, institutional discourse, and similar topics.
Learning Outcomes - Students will be able to define basic concepts and principles of linguistics
- Students will be able to analyze syntactic and morphological components
- Students will be able to explain the changes in languages in time
- Students will be able to express the essentials of sociolinguistics
- Students will be able to define sub-disciplines of linguistics and applied linguistics
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Morphology, Free and Bound Morphemes Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours
2. Week Inflectional and Derivational Morphology, Morphemic analysis, Morphophonological Variation Other Activities Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression
3. Week Syntax, Transformational- Generative Grammar Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities
4. Week Sentence Structure, Constituents and Constituency Tests Practice Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Course Hours Research
5. Week Minimalist Program, UG Principles and Parameters Other Activities Visual Presentation Practice Verbal Expression Research Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
6. Week Phrase Structure Trees and Rules, X-Bar Theory Course Hours Verbal Expression Practice Preparation, After Class Study Research Visual Presentation Other Activities
7. Week Argument Structure, Theta-Roles Research Other Activities Practice Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
8. Week Midterm 1 Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week Pragmatics: Implicature, Deixis, Maxims of Conversation Course Hours Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Practice Research
10. Week Speech Acts, Politeness Research Other Activities Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
11. Week Midterm 2 Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Research Other Activities Practice Verbal Expression
12. Week Sociolinguistics: Register and Style Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Other Activities Preparation, After Class Study Research
13. Week Dialects/Accents, The “Standard”, Gender, Languages in Contact, Discourse Connection Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Research Practice Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
14. Week Final Course Hours
Recommended Sources
Fromkin, V.; Rodman, R.; Hymes, N. (2014) An Introduction to Language, Wadsworth Publishing Denham, K. & Lobeck, A. (2013), Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction, Second Edition, Wadsworth, Cengage LearningFromkin, V.; Rodman, R.; Hymes, N. (2014) An Introduction to Language, Wadsworth Publishing Denham, K. & Lobeck, A. (2013), Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction, Second Edition, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
PY1 5 5 5 5 5 5 60
PY2 5 5 5 5 5 5 60
PY3 3 3 2 2 4 4 60
PY4 3 3 4 2 4 4 60
PY5 3 5 2 2 4 4 60
PY6 5 5 5 5 5 5 60
PY7 4 5 2 2 5 5 60
PY8 5 5 4 5 5 5 60
PY9 5 5 4 5 4 5 60
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 13 3 39
Research 4 4 16
Practice 5 5 25
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 83
ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0