COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LINGUISTICS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YAÖ 2015 LINGUISTICS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

German Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR KUTHAN KAHRAMANTÜRK

Offered to

German Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to enable the students to acquire the basic terms of linguistics, the structural and functional characteristics of language, the basic fields of research and achievements of linguistics, to provide knowledge, skills, thought and awareness relating to language system.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to acquire the structural and functional characteristics of language, to recognize the importance and the power of word resp. language for the development of human mind.
2   Ability to explain the basic terms of linguistics and to compare their relations.
3   Ability to acquire the basic knowledge on phonetics and phonology, phonetics of German, phonetic script, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), phonetic script of German words, to write words in phonetic script
4   Ability to explain the basic terms of morphology, the classification and types of morpheme and to segment words in morpheme
5   Ability to acquire the basic terms and methods of structuralism
6   Ability to comprehend the development history of linguistics, to recognize the family of Indo-European and Germanic languages
7   Ability to explain the typological classification of languages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The structural and functional characteristics of language
2 The importance and the power of word resp. language for the development of human mind and aphorisms on language
3 Wilhelm von Humboldt's view of language, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the relation between language and thought
4 Phonetics and the main research areas of phonetics
5 Phonetic script International Phonetic Alphabet
6 Characteristics of the consonants and vowels in German language
7 Phonetics of German, phonetic script of German words, to write words in phonetic script
8 Midterm Exam
9 The basic terms of morphology, the classification and types of morpheme and to segment words in morpheme
10 The language theories
11 F. de Saussure and structuralism
12 The basic terms and methods of structuralism, synchrony-diachrony, deskriptiv-präskriptiv, syntagmatic-paradigmatic
13 The development history of linguistics/ The typological classification of languages
14 The historical-comparative linguistics, the family of Indo-European and Germanic languages
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Volmert, Johannes (1997): Grundkurs Sprachwissenschaft: eine Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft für Lehramtsstudiengänge. München : Fink.
Ernst, Peter (2004): Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft. Wien: Facultas Verlag.
Vater, Heinz (1994): Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft. München: Fink.
Busch, Albert/ Stenschke,Oliver (2007): Germanistische Linguistik. Tübingen: Narr.
Gabriele Graefen / Martina Liedke (2008): Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft. Deutsch als Erst-, Zweit- oder Fremdsprache. A. Francke UTB.
Bußmann, Hadumod (2002). Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. 3. Auflage. Stuttgart: Kröner.
Kahramantürk, Kuthan: Teaching materials for Linguistic I. (is updated every year)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Multimedia Explanation, question and response, discussion, group work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kuthan.kturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15.30-16.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 14 2 28
Midterm Preparation 1 10 10
Final Preparation 1 15 15
Pre Class Self Study 14 3 42
Others (Please indicate) 1 15 15
Midterm Exam 1 1 1
Final Exam 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1325451
LO.2325451
LO.3325451
LO.4325451
LO.5325451
LO.6325451
LO.7325451

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