Toros University
Department of Translation and Interpretation
| Course Information | |
| Year | 2020-2021 |
| Semester | Spring |
| Course Code | MTB 202 |
| Course Title | Linguistics II |
| Instructor | Prof. Dr. S. Yeşim Aksan |
| Objective of the course | |
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The aim of this course is to enable the students to have basic knowledge about the field of linguistics and its inner and outer circles such as semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language and mind. |
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| Course Outline | ||
| Weeks | Topics |
Assignment |
| 03.03.2021 | Aims of the course; Semantics: Meaning | Chp.8 |
| 10.03.2021 | Semantics: Meaning | Chp.8 |
| 17.03.2021 | Pragmatics: Using language | Chp.9 |
| 24.03.2021 | Pragmatics: Using language | Chp.9 |
| 31.03.2021 | Sociolinguistics: Language and society | Chp. 10 |
| 07.04.2021 | Sociolinguistics: Language and society | Chp. 10 |
| 14.04.2021 | Midterm assignment | 40% |
| 21.04.2021 | Psycholinguistics: Language and mind | Chp.11 |
| 28.04.2021 | Psycholinguistics: Language and mind | Chp.11 |
| 05.05.2021 | Historical linguistics: Language change | Chp. 12 |
| 12.05.2021 | Historical linguistics: Language change | Chp. 12 |
| 26.05.2021 | Comparative linguistics: Comparing languages | Chp. 13 |
| 02.06.2021 | Review | |
| Zoom meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5902838804?pwd=Rmt6YUhOdWJYZ1ArSTA5ZXd4c0I3QT09 |
| Meeting ID: 590 283 8804 |
| Passcode: mtb2021 |
| References | |
| Text Books | Aitchison,J. 2010. Aitchison’s Linguistics. London: The McGrawe Hill.
Hornsby, D.2014 – Linguistics a Complete Introduction. McGrawe Hill. |
| Supplementary Readings | Akmajian, A. R.A. Demers, A.K.Farmer & R. M. Harnish 2010. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication. Cambridge,Mass.: The MIT Press.
Crystal, D. 2002. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Second Edition. Cambridge: CUP. Denham, K. & A. Lobeck 2013. Linguistics for Everybody. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Fromkin, V., R. Rodman & N.Hyams 2017. An Introducution to Language. 11th edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. |
| Grading | |
| Mid-term paper | 40% |
| Final paper | 60% Final questions |