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INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS I COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ELL209 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS I 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Introducing the nature of human languages objectives of the course,requirements,grading,course schedule,and topics unt 1.origins og language class activties & Discussion
2 communicative and informative signals properties of language unit 2.animal and human language unit 3.development of writing class activity & Discussion
3 the sound of language Phonetics and phonology class activity& Discussion
4 study questions and presentations units 1-2-3-4 class activity& Discussion
5 word formations morphology,kinds of lexical and fuctional morphemes unit 5 class activity& Discussion
6 study questions unit 1-2-3 study questions/ Q & A questions class activity& Discussion
7 unit 3-4 study questions done /Q & A questions class activity& Discussion
8 Etymology and history of words coinage,blending,borrowing,clipping,backformation,acronyms,affixes, class activity & Discussion
9 study Questions-Morphemes different kinds of morphemes,morph and allomorphs class activity & Discussion
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 study questions-phrases and sentences agreement,grammatical gender,prescriptive and descriptive approach,constituent analysis, class activity & Discussion
12 study questions-syntax generative grammar,tree diagrams,structural ambiguity,lexical rules,recursion,transformational rules class activity & Discussion
13 semantic semantic features,conceptual and associative meaning,semantic roles,homophones,........ class activity & Discussion
14 review session review session class activity & Discussion
15 review session review session class activity & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -