KIE-04006 Introduction to the Study of Language, 3 cr

Lisätiedot

There are no implementations of this course in 2016-2017.

The course is particularly recommended to those doing languages as a minor subject.
When a course is over-subscribed, i.e. there are more sign-ups than places on the course, then we enrol the required number of students according to the sign-up time and target group. Students on the sign-up / waiting list have to be present on the first day of the course to be sure of retaining their place. The course is only intended for degree students
Suitable for postgraduate studies. Ei toteuteta lukuvuonna 2016-2017.

Vastuuhenkilö

Sari Isokääntä

Opetus

Toteutuskerta Periodi Vastuuhenkilö Suoritusvaatimukset
KIE-04006 2016-01 - Sari Isokääntä

Osaamistavoitteet

After completing the course, the student will have an overall understanding of what human language is and how it can be described at different levels of analysis. The student will be familiar with the most central terms and methods of linguistics, and will be able to apply some of these in the analysis of language samples. He or she will be able to comment on and discuss some everyday linguistic phenomena, and explore and present a language-related topic to others in English.

Sisältö

Sisältö Ydinsisältö Täydentävä tietämys Erityistietämys
1. I. Linguistics & the nature of human languages  Language families  History of linguistics  
2. II. The description of structural elements of language: sounds and sound patterns, words and their components, and sentence structures  The articulatory system  Forensic linguistics 
3. III. Linguistic meaning and language use in context  Corpus linguistics  Psycholinguistics 
4. IV. Social and regional variation in language  Language change  Anthropological linguistics 

Ohjeita opiskelijalle osaamisen tasojen saavuttamiseksi

Active participation, successful completion of project work and a final exam.

Arvosteluasteikko:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Osasuoritukset:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation



Vastaavuudet

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KIE-04006 Introduction to the Study of Language, 3 cr KIE-3446 Introduction to General Linguistics, 3 cr  

Päivittäjä: Jauni Heidi, 14.04.2016