COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

To have information about the reasoning/reasoning process on language in a range from Plato to Chomsky in order to understand the philosophical perspectives that are the basis of Linguistic Theories.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Altınörs, Atakan (2015) Dil Felsefesi Tartışmaları: Platon'dan Chomsky'e. BilgeKültür Sanat.

2. Barber, A. (2003). Epistemology of language.

3. Heidegger, M. (1971). On the way to language (p. 1). New York: Harper & Row.

4. Katz, J. J. (1985). The philosophy of linguistics.

5. Lepore, E., & Smith, B. C. (2006). The oxford handbook of the philosophy of language.

6. Parret, H. (Ed.). (1976). History of linguistic thought and contemporary linguistics. Walter de Gruyter.

7. Searle, J. (2011). Söylemek ve Anlatmaya Çalışmak. Çev: RL Aysever), Ankara: Bilgesu Yayıncılık.

8. Stawarska, B. (2015). Saussure's philosophy of language as phenomenology: Undoing the doctrine of the course in general linguistics. Oxford University Press, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Readings about the topic and presentation
2- Lecture via examples/discussion
3- Question and answer

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1- 6 will be evaluated through theory-oriented epistemological questions and possible answers on the evaluation of collective and individual readings.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

80% class attendance is obligatory.
Participation to the mid-term, homework and final will be taken into consideration in evaluation.
Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Özge CAN
Faculty of Letters B Block 0 (232) 412 8633
ozge.can@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 09.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes