KIE-04006 Introduction to the Study of Language, 3 cr
Additional information
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
Will not be lectured year 2015-2016
Person responsible
Sari Isokääntä
-->Learning Outcomes
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.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 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 |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
Active participation, successful completion of project work and a final exam.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| KIE-04006 Introduction to the Study of Language, 3 cr | KIE-3446 Introduction to General Linguistics, 3 cr |