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Introduction to Linguistics I: Basic Concepts and Theories |
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This course introduces the student to language and linguistics. What is linguistics about? Why study language at all? Basic concepts belonging to the core disciplines of linguistics – phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics – are introduced during lecture. In the seminars, the knowledge acquired is discussed, tested and practiced through problem solving in a diversity of languages. There are weekly homework assignments, and a final exam includes novel linguistic puzzles to be solved using the skills developed in the course. |
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After finishing this course students have acquired a basic knowledge of linguistics in general and the following sub-disciplines: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. He/she is equipped with some tools and techniques for linguistic analysis, and has had some practice in using these to discover the organizing principles of a language. To certain extent, he/she is also able to read not too complicated literature on these subjects, both in general and as applied to specific languages. In addition, the student has examined his/her own beliefs and attitudes about language and language use, and he/she is able to recognize an uninformed statement about language when he/she hears it –an aspect further developed in the following course, Introduction to Linguistics II. |
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4 |
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hoorcollege, practicum, werkcollege
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schriftelijk tentamen
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propedeuse
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| Language Files. Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics |
Department of Linguistics, The Ohio State University, 2004 |
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