ENG223 : Theoretical Linguistics 2

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in English

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

ENG217

Overview

Theoretical linguistics (2) is the second part of the study of general linguistics that has been started in Theoretical Linguistics (1). The aim of this course is to furnish more details on morphology, syntax and semantics. It begins with presenting word-formation processes, the different types of morphemes: lexical & functional; derivational & inflectional. The course proceeds to discuss syntax beginning with traditional grammar and introducing the prescriptive and descriptive approaches to the study of grammar together with providing brief discussion of constituent analysis of sentences and labeled brackets. This is followed by an overview of generative grammar presenting important concepts such as deep structure, surface structure, recursion, phrase structure rules and movement; and introducing tree diagrams for the representation of phrases and sentences. The course continues on with the study of semantics introducing denotative and connotative meaning with special focus on word semantics. It views the three approaches to word meaning: semantic features, semantic roles and semantic relations. The course ends with a brief introduction to pragmatics.

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

1. Recognize how words are formed in English through different word-formation processes.

2. Understand the internal structure of words: morphemes, morphs and allomorphs.

3. Understand traditional grammar analysis of sentences using constituent analysis and labeled brackets.

4. See the change that generative grammar made in the study of linguistics in general and the study of syntax through the use of phrase structure rules and tree diagrams.

5. Identify the different aspects of meaning: denotative and connotative meanings.

6. Distinguish three approaches to word meaning: semantic features, semantic roles and semantic relations.

7. See the effect of pragmatic meaning on sentences and conversations

Teaching and learning methods

The course will be presented to the student through a variety of methods: lecturing using PowerPoint presentations, research assignments and group work

Methods of assessments

Methods of evaluating students in this course:

(class work 40% & final 60%)

Class work: is divided into: 1- Written midterm 2- Short quizzes 3- Home assignments (40%)

Written final exam (60%)

References

Y. George. (2006) They Study of Language. 3rd edition. Cambridge.

Radford et al. (1999) Linguistics: An Introduction 1999. Cambridge

Lyons, J. 2002.Language and Linguistics.Cambridge University Press.

Main Contents of the Course
Scientific topics	Week	Readings / References / Notes
Overviewing theoretical linguistics and the different levels of linguistic analysis: phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics	1	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Morphology, word-formation processes: coinage, borrowing, compounding, clipping	2	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Morphology, word-formation processes: blending, backformation, conversion derivation	3	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Morphology, types of morphemes lexical/functional, derivational/inflectional , morphemes/ morphs / allomorphs	4	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Syntax, traditional grammar, identifying parts of speech using semantic, syntactic and morphological criteria , agreement relations: the categories number, person and gender in agreement relations	5	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Traditional grammar: prescriptive vs. descriptive approaches, structural analysis, constituent analysis and labeled brackets	6	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Generative grammar, deep& surface structures, structural ambiguity, recursion, movement	7	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Generative grammar, phrase structure rules, the use of symbols in formulating phrase structure rules, lexical rules,	8	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Tree diagrams for the representation of phrases, ambiguity, and movement	9	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Semantics, types of meaning: denotative vs. connotative meaning , semantic features	10	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Semantic roles, NP theta roles: agent, patient, experiencer, instrument, location, source and goal	11	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Lexical relations: synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy	12	PowerPoint presentation and notes
Lexical relations: homophones, homonymy, polysemy, prototypes, metonymy and word collocations	13	PowerPoint presentation and notes
A brief overview to pragmatics, conversation implicature and intercultural pragmatics	14	PowerPoint presentation and notes

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