Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Linguistics I CER307 5. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Lecturing
Course Coordinator Res. Assist. Semra YILMAZ
Instructor(s) Yusuf ŞEN
Assistants
Goals History of Linguistics Why is Linguistics a science? Although language has been a specific thought for centuries, linguistics is a very new science. Linguistics is the science that studies the structure of languages, their development, their spread in the world and their relations in general or comparatively in terms of sound, form, meaning and sentence information. Linguistics helps to understand how the language develops and processes.
Course Content The emergence and development of linguistics, Grammar, Philology, Language, Thought; Culture and Linguistics, Language and Communication, Structural Linguistics, European Linguistics after Ferdinand De Saussure, American Structuralism.
Learning Outcomes - Linguistics is a new scientific discipline, and its output makes it easier for students to understand the information they will give.
- Linguistics has an important place in Grammar, Philology and Writing, and allows the student to handle a topic in relation to these criteria when dealing with it.
- Language, Thought; Culture, Linguistics and Observation are better understood as to how intimately they are and how they are comprehended.
- Basic elements of linguistic communication, texts and reality, the most important functions of written communication will be grasped.
- Structural Linguistics: In linguistics courses, it helps to have knowledge about the comprehensive structure of the language.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction to Linguistics and Comparative Grammar, History and Classification of Languages.
2. Week Why is linguistics a science? The place of linguistics according to Grammar, Philology and Writing.
3. Week Language, Thought; Culture, Linguistics and Observation contents.
4. Week Basic elements of linguistic communication, texts and reality, functions of written communication.
5. Week Structural Linguistics: Orientations of linguistics courses, dual oppositions in linguistics lectures, lower branches of language, appearance of language and artificial language.
6. Week Indicator and Indicator Sequences: Symptoms and Signs, Indicator and Icon, Visual Indicator (Icons), Usage of Indicators.
7. Week Language Indicator, Indicator: Perception and Conceptualization, Indicator and its values.
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Properties of Language Display; Causeless of Language Indicator
10. Week The Stylishness of the Poem; invariance, Variability, Slice Separator feature. Interaction Between Indicators, Indicators, and Indicators. Tongue double articulation.
11. Week Articulation and concurrency. Sequential and sequential relations. Substance and form, meaning, value and comparison.
12. Week European Linguistics after Ferdinand de Saussuure: Functionalism in Prague School
13. Week Roman Jakobson: General linguistic works published in 1963. Surrounding Copenhagen Linguistics: Glosematic.
14. Week Noam Chomsky: Producer Transformational Grammar: Theoretical Approaches, Basic Concepts, Producer, Standard Theory, and Extended Standard Theory
Recommended Sources
KIRAN, Zeynel ve Eziler-Kıran, Ayşe (2013): Dilbilime Giriş (Dilbilgisinden Dilbilime) Seçkin Yayıncılık, Dördüncü Baskı, Ankara.
KERİMOĞLU, Caner (2016): Genel Dilbilime Giriş, PEGAN Akademi yayınları, 3. Baskı, Yeni Mahalle Ankara.
RIFAT, Mehmet (2014): XX. Yüzyılda Dilbilim ve Göstergebilim Kuramları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 5. Baskı, Beyoğlu/İstanbul.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
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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 14 4 56
Preparation, After Class Study 14 2 28
Other Activities 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 102
ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0