COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS***

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to demonstrate to students that language is based on our experience of the world. In this respect, the course aims to provide the student how words are coined, and how cognition contributes to the building up of cognitive systems, semantic and syntactic properties.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify reality based on stories on cognitive methods
2   To identify metaphor and metonymy built up as a result of cognitive processes
3   To realize how iconisation, grammaticalisation, lexical change and language teaching occurs
4   To present knowledge on cognition and language thereby establishing a link between linguistics and psychology
5   To run experiments in the field.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction What is cognitve linguistics Proponents in cognitive linguistics Cognitive linguistics in Turkey: the current situation Prototypes and categorisation Colours, squares, birds and cups: early empirical research into lexical categories Prototypes and cognitive categories Early empirical research into lexical categories The importance of prototypes in lexical categorisation
2 The internal structure of categories prototypes, attributes, family resemblances and gestalt Context-dependence and cultural models
3 Levels of categorisation Basic level categories of organisms and concrete objects
4 Superordinate categories and experiential hierarchies
5 Subordinate categories, composite terms and word-formation
6 Basic level categories and basic experiences: actions, events, properties, states and locations
7 Conceptual metaphors and metonymies Metaphors and metonymies: from figures of speech to conceptual systems
8 Metaphors, metonymies and the structure of emotion categories Metaphors as a way of thinking: examples from science and politics
9 Figure and ground Figure and ground, trajector and landmark: early research into prepositions
10 Figure, ground and two metaphors: a cognitive explanation of simple clause patterns Other types of prominence and cognitive processing
11 The frame and attention approach Frames and scripts Event-frames and the windowing of attention Language-specific framing and its use in narratives
12 Other issues in cognitive linguistics Iconicity Grammaticalisation Lexical change and prototypicality Effect on foreign language teaching

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Cruse, Alan D. & Croft, William (2004) Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Ungerer, Friedrich & Schmid, Hans-Jörg (1996) An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. London & New York: Addison Wesley Longman Limited.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations
3. Discussions and evaluations
4. Example-based approach
5. Discussing examples
6. Discussing experiments
7. Performing experiments

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1- Mid-term exam
2- Final exam

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated through mid-term and final examinations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1- Class attendance of 70% is obligatory.
2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for the late submission of assignments/projects.
3- Copying and plagiarising in assignments and during exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.karaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 7 7
Preparation for Final Exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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