COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHRASEOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this lesson is to make students see how phraseology researches are placed in literature,processes in idiomatization,how to achieve effective speech with phrases,idiomatization criterions and making comparisons between languages to learn especially Turkish phrases should be placed in dictionaries and how they should be, thus learn the story of many phrases of our culture ve improve their skills in use of phrases in different contexts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the basic concepts about phraseology.
2   . Explain the relation between phrases and society/language.
3   Prepare a phraseological research draft.
4   Compare the phrases by showing the relation among stratum,ethnical origin and language.
5   Recognize phrases in Turkish and English.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction : Fromulaic sequences
2 Phraseology and its cultural roots
3 Collacation,synonymy and connotation
4 Phrases as semantic units
5 Metaphors and metaphor theories
6 Productive phraseology
7 Idiom variation and variability
8 mid-term
9 Creativity and sub-types of it
10 The principles of phrase varieties and cognitive limitations
11 Phrase types and phrase dictionaries
12 Collocation and phrase studies in different languages and Turkish
13 Frozen expressions in terms of culture
14 Idiomatic language in terms of culture
15 General Review
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Cowie, A. P. (2001). Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications. Oxford.
Glaser, R. (1998). The Stylistic Potential of Phraseological Units in the light of Genre Analysis. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Skandera, P. (2007). Phraseology and Culture in English. Walter de Gruyter.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Question and answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1,2,4,5,6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcome 3 will be evaluated via homework assignment/Project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozge.can@deu.edu.tr
0232 301 86 33
FACULTY OF LETTERS
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS

Office Hours

EVERY MONDAY : 12:00-12:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 20 20
Preparation for Final Exam 1 20 20
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Presentations 0 0 0
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45
LO.5

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