In this
course students are introduced to the nature of language and the basic
principles of linguistic theory. This
includes definitions of language and linguistics, characteristics of human
language, levels of linguistic analysis, branches of linguistics, major schools
and basic distinctions in linguistics. Phonology is also included, preceded by
a review of Phonetics.
The course will cover the following:
1-
Introducing linguistics as the science of language
2-
Steps and characteristics of scientific research
3-
What is language?
4-
Characteristics of language
5-
The function of language
6-
Levels of linguistic analysis
A brief introduction to phonetics,
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse analysis.
7-
Branches of linguistics
The following branches are discussed in
some details:
a-
Sociolinguistics
b-
Psycholinguistics
c-
Historical linguistics
d-
Applied linguistics
e-
Computational linguistics
f-
Stylistics
g-
Anthropological linguistics (Ethno linguistics)
