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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 The Origins of Language and Communication Systems class activties & Discussion
2 communicative and informative signals Animals and Human Language class activity & Discussion
3 the sound of language Phonetics and phonology class activity& Discussion
4 study questions and presentations Word Formation Processes class activity& Discussion
5 word formations Morphology class activity& Discussion
6 study questions Traditional and Structural Grammar class activity& Discussion
7 unit 3-4 Syntax class activity& Discussion
8 Etymology and history of words Semantics class activity & Discussion
9 study Questions-Morphemes Pragmatics class activity & Discussion
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 study questions-phrases and sentences Discourse Analysis class activity & Discussion
12 study questions-syntax Language and the Brain (Neurolinguistics) class activity & Discussion
13 semantic First Language Acquisition class activity & Discussion
14 review session Second Language Acquisition class activity & Discussion
15 review session review session class activity & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -