COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES IN LINGUISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6121 FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES IN LINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at providing information about the basic notions of Functional Grammar and the ability to conduct analyses on linguistic data using Functional Grammar

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   State the differences between the formal and functional approaches to language
2   State the formal and functional approaches to language
3   Explain the functional approaches to language
4   Discuss the differences about the functional approaches to language
5   Evaluate the researches about the functional approaches to language
6   Do a research about the functional approaches to language

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Formal and functional Approaches to Language
2 Formal and functional Theories
3 Functional Approaches to Language: Functional Grammar, Systemic Functional Grammar
4 Semantic Roles
5 Context of Culture: Text Types Context of situation: Register
6 Discourse-Semantics: Cohesion, lexico-semantic
7 Sentence as message: Thema-Rhema
8 Mid-term
9 Sentence as exchange
10 Sentence as representation
11 Linguistic Metaphor
12 Examples of Text Analysis
13 Examples of Text Analysis
14 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Bloor, T. ve Bloor, M. (2004). The Functional Analysis of English. London: Arnold.
Dik, S. C. (1978). Functional Grammar. New York: North-Holland.
Eggins, S. (1994). An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. London and NY: Continuum.
Ercan, G. S. (2008). Türkçe tarih ders kitaplarında nedenselliğin kurgulanması (Doctoral dissertation, DEÜ Sosyal Bilimleri Enstitüsü).
Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing Discourse. NY: Routledge
Halliday, M.A.K. (1994). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Arnold.
Halliday, M. ve Matthiessen, C. M. (2014). An introduction to functional grammar. Routledge.
Kıran, Z. (1996). Dilbilim Akımları. Ankara: Onur
Rıfat, M. (2000). XX. yy.da dilbilim ve göstergebilim kuramları 1. Istanbul: Om Kuram.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Presentation and discussion
2- Question and answer
3- Weekly readings
4- Presentation
5-Assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1- Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams, presentations and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

songu.ercan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 213

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.65555

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