Course Catalog 2009-2010
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Course Catalog 2009-2010

KIE-3446 Introduction to General Linguistics, 3 cr

Person responsible

Sari Isokääntä

Implementations

  Lecture times and places Target group recommended to
Implementation 1


Per 3 :
Friday 10 - 12, K2113
Wednesday 10 - 12, K2113

 
 


Requirements

Active participation, project work and final examination.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

A deeper understanding of the nature of natural languages and linguistic phenomena, as well as the terms, methods and points of view in general linguistics.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. I. Linguistics & the nature of human languages  Language families  History of linguistics 
2. II. Linguistic structures: Phonetics, phonology, morphology & syntax   The articulatory system Corpus linguistics  Forensic phonetics 
3. III. Linguistic meaning, use & context: semantics & pragmatics   The cooperative principle   
4. IV. Language, culture & society: sociolinguistics & anthropological linguistics   Language evolution and change; linguistic identity   


Evaluation criteria for the course

Active participation, project work and final examination.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Lecture slides                English  
Other literature   Textbook extracts              Suomi  
Other online content   Articles, web resources         Available in Moodle      Suomi  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
KIE-3200 English for Engineers Mandatory    

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Additional information

CEF-level C1

More precise information per implementation

  Description Methods of instruction Implementation
Implementation 1 Group 1: lectures Wed 10-12 K2112, Fri 10-12 K2112 (per. 2), K2113 (per. 3)       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  


Last modified22.06.2009
ModifierSari Isokääntä