COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMIOTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4027 SEMIOTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to enable the student to realise that a sign needs to be interpreted and used in the context of paradigm. Thus, it will be demonstrated that signs are assigned meanings based on other signs in the paradigm, and paradigms are assigned meanings based on other paradigms, to draw attention to the fact that the sign is a dynamic entity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define in detail the sign and the object of research in semiotics
2   To define social institution, its paradigms and interrelational networks
3   To associate signs represented in a paradigm and to explain their arbitrarity
4   To demonstrate that in a paradigm the meaning which a sign can be assigned to differs depending on other signs in the paradigm
5   To demonstrate that each paradigm to which a meaning can be assigned to differs depending on other paradigms
6   To gain knowledge on the methods of creating paradigms and to demonstrate how these can be used
7   To analyse and interpret different signs

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is semiotics What is a sign What is hierarhcy Nature and culture Communication and language The extra-linguistic world around us
2 A brief history of semiotics. The term semiotics Ancient Greeks: Plato and Aristoteles Mevlana John Locke and Giambattista Vico De Saussure, Peirce and thereafter Semiotics as an independent discipline: Developments after the 1950s
3 Functionality of semiotics Some basic terms Terminology and the metalanguage Research objects, context, methods, samples Theories and paradigms
4 Units and their functions De Saussurean sign and the paradigmatic axe The definition of linguistic sign Code and arbitrarity The code, its mutuality, implementation and variability Exceptions in arbitrariness
5 De Saussurean paradigms The phonetic system The semantic system Paradigma and syntagma: syntagmatic structure to text Linearity Diachrony and synchrony
6 Syntagma and discourse Peirce s sign The sign Types of sign The dynamics of signification
7 Denotation and connotation Denotation: Semantic field and sememes Connotation Interconnectivity and context
8 Exercise 1: Literature
9 Exercise 2: Advertisements and commercials
10 Exercise 3: Caricature
11 Exercise 4: Pictures
12 Exercise 5: Social behavioral paradims - Kissing

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Erkman-Akerson, Fatma (2005) Göstergebilime Giriş. Istanbul: Multilingual.
2. Kıran, Zeynel (1996) Dilbilim Akımları. Ankara: Onur Yayınları.
3. Rifat, Mehmet (1990) Dilbilim ve Göstergebilimin Çağdaş Kuramları. Istanbul: Düzlem Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Presentations
3. Exercises
4. Analysing the informative value of signs
5. Discussions and comments

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. 1- Mid-term exam
2. 2- Final exam

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1-7 will be evaluated through mid-term and final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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 8 3 24
Tutorials 5 3 15
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 7 7
Preparation for Final Exam 2 14 28
Other (please indicate) 1 24 24
FInal 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555
LO.2555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.6555555
LO.7555555

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