Introduction to linguistics 3304-1DP1O-WDJ-022
Description:
I. Different definitions of language
II. Functions of speech
1. Linguistic communication according to R. Jakobson
2. R. Jakobson's linguistic functions
III. The linguistic sign vs other types of signs
1. Semiotics and semiology
2. The theory of the sign according to Peirce
IV. The theory of the linguistic sign according to F. de Saussure
V. The natural language and its features
1. Natural vs. artificial languages
2. Defining features of the natural language
3. Historical and typological classification of languages
VI. Territorial and social diversification of a national language
1. The literary national language
2. Dialects and dialectology
3. Sociolects and sociolinguistics
VII. The morphosyntactic system: the morpheme and the word
1. The double articulation of language according to A. Martinet
2. The definition of the morpheme and the word
3. Different classifications of morphemes
4. Parts of speech
5. Word formation - derivation, composition, borrowings, calques, set expressions
VIII. The morphosyntactic system: the syntagma and the sentence
1. The American structuralism
- The distributionalism
- The generative-transformational grammar (N. Chomsky)
IX. The semantic system
1. Different definitions of meaning
2. The semiological trangle
4. Semantic relations: synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, homonymy
X. Linguistics as a science
1. Pre-scientific vs. scientific linguistics
2. Branches of linguistics
3. The main approaches in contemporary linguistics
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Assessment criteria
Credit: assiduity, 2 tests passed.
Written examination in the winter session.
Bibliography
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