Master
2023/2024
Introduction to Linguistics
Type:
Elective course (Applied Linguistics and Text Analytics)
Area of studies:
Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
When:
1 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors:
Yulia V. Balakina
Master’s programme:
Прикладная лингвистика и текстовая аналитика
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
28
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course studies what language is and what knowledge of a language consists of. Topics covered include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The course will provide some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we will be examining a number of ways in which human language is a complex but law-governed mental system. Students will be guided towards in-depth reading on the topics and given the opportunity to develop the skills of analysis and synthesis of theoretical and methodological issues.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be guided towards in-depth reading on the topics and given the opportunity to develop their skills of analysis and synthesis of theoretical and methodological issues. Students will also be equipped with the core analytical skills necessary to engage in research on language. At the end of this course students will be able to explain the main properties of human languages, appropriately use the linguistic terminology for describing and analyzing language and linguistic phenomena, analyze language-related phenomena using the terminology and theories they have studied in the class, apply basic knowledge and procedures in linguistic analysis and solve basic linguistic problems.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- - knows the symbolic nature of the language - knows the main range of problems of modern linguistics, functions and forms of language - knows how to navigate through theoretical data - knows how to apply the conceptual apparatus of the theory of language in other areas of knowledge, - knows how to find, evaluate and use information from various sources necessary for solving scientific and professional problems
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Aronoff, M., & Rees-Miller, J. (2017). The Handbook of Linguistics (Vol. Second edition). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1484987
- Introducing Syntax. (2017). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.repository.ubn.ru.nl.2066.170565
- Joe E. Pierce. (2019). Languages and Linguistics : An Introduction (Vol. Reprint 2019). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2040319
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Barnes, H. (2017). Linguistics : Past, Present and Future Perspectives. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1530916
- Carnie, A. (2012). Syntax : A Generative Introduction (Vol. 3rd ed). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=531592
- Freidin, R. (2012). Syntax : Basic Concepts and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=458651
- Robins, R. H. (2014). General Linguistics (Vol. 4th ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=778554
- Saussure, F. de, & Harris, R. (2013). Course in General Linguistics. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=654248