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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 |
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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| 9 |
Etymology and history of words |
coinage,blending,borrowing,clipping,backformation,acronyms,affixes, |
class activity & Discussion |
| 10 |
study Questions-Morphemes |
different kinds of morphemes,morph and allomorphs |
class activity & Discussion |
| 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 |
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FINAL EXAM |
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| 17 |
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FINAL EXAM |
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