INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
| Title | ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ / INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE |
| Code | Γλ2-100 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600007093 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Class ID | 600250857
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600250857
- eLearning (Moodle):
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
• Become familiar with the fundamental concepts of Linguistics
• Acquire the skill of applying theoretical concepts to everyday data analysis
• Develop scientific and critical thinking
• Embrace linguistic/cultural tolerance
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course aims at familiarizing students with the fundamental principles and main concepts of contemporary linguistic science. It starts with a general discussion of the nature and properties
of language and continues with its social and cognitive functions. Specific topics include: language and communication; first language acquisition; language and meaning; language and culture; language and variation;
language and interaction
Keywords
sign, distribution, innateness, speech acts, cooperative principle, inference, turn-taking, dialects, relativity
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
sound & image files, TV programs, internet videos (e.g. YouTube), powerpoint presentations
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 60 | ||||
| Exams | 51 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Class participation, Written final exam
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
—Yule, George (2010). The Study of Language. Singapore: Cambridge University Press. 4th edition
Additional bibliography for study
— Saussure, Ferdinand de (1974). Course in General Linguistics. Charles Bally & Albert Sechehaye (eds), with Albert Riedlinger. Fontana. [Call No: P121.S363]
Chapter 1 (pp. 65-70), Chapter 3 (pp. 7-15), Chapter 4 (pp. 111-117)
— Chandler, Daniel. Semiotics for Beginners.
Ch. 2 Signs http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem02.html
— O’ Grady, William, Michael Dobrovolsky & Mark Aronoff (1993). Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Ch. 14 (pp. 500-505)
— Hudson, Grover (2000). Essential Introductory Linguistics. Malden, Mass. /Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. [Call No: P121.H746]
Chapter 1 (pp. 1-6)
— Lyons, John (1981). Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Call No: P121.L9]
Chapter 1 (pp. 17-27)
— Lyons, John (1995). Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Call No: P106.L9]
Chapter 1 (pp. 38-52), Chapter 2 (pp. 53-59, 70-81)
— Fromkin, Victoria, Nina Hyams & Robert Rodman (2007). An Introduction to Language. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth (8th Edition). [Call No: P106.F75, 1993]
Chapter 1, Chapter 2 (Language and Brain development, pp. 52-56), Chapter 4 (pp. 158-161), Chapter 5 (Pragmatics, pp. 199-207), Chapter 8 (pp. 313-322, 340- 341), Chapter 10 (pp. 409-427, 430-434, 437-440, 446-451)
— Meyer, Charles F. (2009). Introducing English Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Chapter 4 (pp. 80-86, 93-94, 102-108)
— Yule, George (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Call No: P99.4.P72Y85]
Chapter 5 (pp. 44-46), Chapter 6 (pp. 48-56), Chapter 8 (pp.71-82)
— Bloomer, Aileen, Patrick Griffths & Andrew John Merrison (2005). Introducing Language in Use. London/New York: Routledge.
Chapter 2 (38-64), Chapter 3 (pp. 95-100)
— Iordanidou, Anna & Jannis Androutsopoulos (2001). Youth slang in Modern Greek. In Alexandra Georgakopoulou & Marianna Spanaki (eds) A Reader in Greek Sociolinguistics, 285-302. Oxford etc.: Peter Lang.
— Makri-Tsilipakou, Marianthi (1987). Language, the sexes and the teacher of English. Journal of Applied Linguistics 3: 66-87.
Last Update
07-12-2023
