COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LINGUISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRK 3005 LINGUISTICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CANER KERIMOĞLU

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to present the basic concepts of linguistics and to introduce Ferdinand de Saussure's studies and structuralism, European including Prague and Copenhagen linguistic schools and also American structuralisms, distributionalism, functionalism and such approachs to students. Furthermore this course aims to introduce the main linguisticians like Nikolay S. Trubetskoy, Roman Jakobson, Lucien Tesniere, Louis Hjelmslev, Leonard Bloomfield, Zellig Sabbetai Harris, Andre Martinet, Noam Chomsky, and with their studies and theories

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to have different perspectives about language
2   to explain basic concepts about linguistics
3   to recognize the historical developments of linguistics
4   to comprehend the relations between linguistics and Turkish education
5   to use linguistic theories in language studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of language and signs, language acquisition
2 Saussure and the basic concepts of Structuralism
3 Movements after Saussure: American Structuralism
4 Prag Linguistic School, Functionalism
5 Kopenhag Linguistic School, Universal (Generative) Grammar
6 O. Jespersen, A. Martinet, L. Tesniere, E. Sapir, F. Boas, S. Haris, L. Bloomfield, N. Chomsky
7 Linguistics in Türkiye: D. Aksan, B. Vardar, N. Üçok, Ö. Demircan
8 General Repeat, Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9 Linguistics and phonetics-phonology: phonem
10 Linguistics and morphology, basic concepts: Noun and nominal categories (possession, case, number, gender )
11 Linguistics and morphology, basic concepts: Verb and verbal categories (Voice, time, aspect, mood-modality )
12 Linguistics and syntax, basic concepts
13 Linguistics and semantics, basic concepts
14 The theories about semiotics, speech acts and modality
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Huber, E. (2008). Dilbilime Giriş. Istanbul: Multilingual.
Kıran, Z. - Kıran, A. (2003). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin.
Akerson, F. (2007). Dile Genel Bir Bakış. Istanbul: Multilingual.
de Saussure, F. (1998). Genel Dilbilim Dersleri (çev. B. Vardar). Istanbul: Multilingual

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

question-answer, analysis, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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