FF:BA_02 Introduction to linguitics - Course Information
BA_02 Introduction to linguitics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Bc. Ondřej Šefčík, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 11:00–11:50 B2.13, except Mon 12. 9.
- Prerequisites
- no requisitions
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Baltic Studies (programme FF, B-BA_) (2)
- Finnish (programme FF, B-BA_)
- Lithuanian (programme FF, B-BA_)
- Modern Greek Language and Literature (programme FF, B-RE_)
- Course objectives
- The students knows basic goals and methods of linguistics; understands the term of linguistic sign and is able to work with it; distinguishes diachronic and synchronic metodology of linguistics;is able to operate with the elementar terms and methods of basic disciplines, including phonetics and phonology, morphology, lexicology and syntax.
- Learning outcomes
- Student is able, after finishing the course: - to understand the language as a system of signs - to distinguish the synchronic and diachronic approach to the study of languages - to know the basic terminology of linguistics
- Syllabus
- - information, communication, thinking, speech, - langue vs. parole - what is linguistics? - phonetics and phonology - morphology - lexicology, semantics - syntax - script & letters in the speech - languages classification - geographical, historical - languages typology - diachronic linguistics, etymology - history of linguistics - theory of "small linguistics" - sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics
- Literature
- VAUX, Bert a Justin COOPER. Introduction to linguistic field methods. München: Lincom Europa, 1999. Lincom coursebooks in linguistics. I
- How languages work : an introduction to language and linguistics / editor Carol Genetti ; assistant editor Allison Adelman ; contributors Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Ayla Applebaum, Mira Ariel, Claire Bowern, Mary Bucholtz, Wallace Chafe, Dorothy Chun, Patr
- Fox, Anthony. Linguistic reconstruction : an introduction to theory and method. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
- ERHART, Adolf. Základy jazykovědy. 2. upr. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 198 s. ISBN 8004246125. info
- SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Kurs obecné lingvistiky. Edited by Albert Sechehaye - Charles Bally - Tullio De Mauro, Translated by Fran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020700706. info
- HJELMSLEV, Louis. Jazyk. Translated by Miloš Dokulil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1971, 145 s. URL info
- Teaching methods
- lectures
- Assessment methods
- Written test consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions, minimum pass level 66 %.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/jazyk
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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