INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE SCIENCES
| Title | ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ / INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE SCIENCES |
| Title in Italian | Introduzione alle scienze delle lingue |
| Code | 11220 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | Italian Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Stavroula Stavrakaki |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600000745 |
Programme of Study: UPS School of Italian Language and Literature 2013
Registered students: 36
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Language and Literature | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 4 |
| Total Hours | 52 |
| Class ID | 600273360
|
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
- General Knowledge
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600273360
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=7722
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students are expected to be able to
a. to consider language as a purely human capacity with a neurobiological basis
b. to consider language as a social phenomenon
c. to understand the different levels of language analysis
d. to apply the principles of linguistics for the cross-linguistic analysis of linguistic phenomena
e. to integrate the basic principles of the analysis of linguistic phenomena in the foreign language classroom
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- 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)
1. Introduction: Basic principles of linguistics. Subject. Justification of the levels of language analysis.
2. Phonetic: Subject of Phonetic. Description of audio and areas of vocal. Acoustic vocal. Audible vocal. Articular vocal.
3. Phonology: Subject of phonology. Vowels in exemplary contrasting relationships. Phonemes. Identifying the phonemes of a language. Distinctive features. Signage, neutralization. The vocals of the common modern Greek. Constitutional relationships between phonemes.
4. Morphology: Subject of morphology. Forms. Identifying morphmes. Cateories of morphemes. Constitutional relations between morphemes: the words. Composition-Derivation. Linguistic typology.
5. Syntax: Subject of syntax. Primary grammatical categories. Secondary grammatical categories. Phrase. Proposal. Constituent analysis . Generative Grammar.
6. Semantics: The dual articulation of content. The format of the content. Language functions and types of meaning. Format / word meaning (lexical meaning). Propositional meaning. Issues in defining meaning and semantics.
7. Pragmatics: Subject of Pragmatics. Linguistic acts. The structure of the linguistic act. Selective indicators. Defining Pragmatics.
8. Sociolinguistics: The subject of sociolinguistics. Dimensions of diversity. Language and social inequality.
Keywords
language, linguistic analysis, interdisciplinary linguistics
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
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
-Lecture presentations using PowerPoint files and web sources / programs.
-Teaching material posting at the Department’s e-class.
-Communication with students via e-mail and e-class.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 120 | 4.8 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Laboratory Work | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Description
WRITTEN final exam (the exam covers all the topics of the course). Students must answer exercises (on linguistic theory and application of linguistic analysis) and in theory development questions.
Evaluation criteria for the exercises/ linguistic applications are as follows:
1. Accuracy
2. Correctness
For the theoretical questions the evaluation criteria are the following:
1. Accuracy and clarity
2. Comprehensibility and avoidance of redundant information
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
- Γραπτή εξέταση
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Γούτσος, Δ. (2012).Γλώσσα: Κείμενο, ποικιλία, σύστημα. Αθήνα: Κριτική
Ανδρέου, Γ. (2012). Γλώσσα: Θεωρητική και μεθοδολογική προσέγγιση. Αθήνα: Πεδίο
Additional bibliography for study
-Σημειώσεις από τη διδάσκουσα (αρχεία power-point, PDF, videos, κ.ά.).
Παυλίδου, Θ. (2008). Επίπεδα γλωσσικής ανάλυσης. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών (Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη)
Φιλιππάκη-Warburton Ει. (1992). Εισαγωγή στην Θεωρητική Γλωσσολογία. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη
-Lyons, J. (1995). Εισαγωγή στη γλωσσολογία, Αθήνα: Πατάκης.
Last Update
10-09-2025
