COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to improve awareness on the relation between language and culture making use of the related theories and approaches such as Sapir-Whorfian Hypothesis, speech-acts, ethnography of communication; and concepts which demonstrate different characteristics in different languages and cultures such as kinship terms, colour terms, metonomy, metaphor, gender related linguistic features, and discourse patterns..

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the student is expected to able to define the basic concepts related to language and culture (Ethnolinguistics)
2   the student is expected to able to explain the relation between language and culture
3   the student is expected to able to explain the contribution of pragmatic theories and methods to revealing the relationship between language and culture
4   the student is expected to able to compare and contrast the difference between different languages and cultures in terms of specific ethnolinguistic concepts.
5   the student is expected to able to evaluate and criticize a study on the relation between language and culture.
6   the student is expected to able to draw conclusions judging from findings on the relation between language and culture.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Culture: its definition, scope and the relationship between language and thought
2 Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
3 Linguistic categories, categorization and their relationship with the culture
4 Linguistic categories and culture: kinship terms and color terms
5 Llinguistic models: lexical classification, Prototype Theory
6 Linguistic categories and culture: taboo, euphemism, metaphor and metonymy
7 Mid-term exam
8 Functions of language, Pragmatics and its areas of investigation
9 Face Theory, Politeness Theories, address terms and intercultural differences
10 Speech-act Theory and culture
11 Cooperative Principle, cınversational implicature, and culture
12 Conversation, conversational sequences
13 Ethnography of Communication
14 Language, gender and culture
15 Gender, politeness, prestige and streotypes
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Bonvillain, N. (1997). Language, Culture and Communication. Prentice Hall Inc.
Ercan, G. S. (2017). Conceptual Metonymy in Turkish Daily Conversation. (Içinde) 45. Yıl Yazıları.Büyükkantarcıoğlu, N. S., Özyıldırım, I., & Yarar, E. (Eds.). Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Ercan, G.S. (2022). Karşılıklı Konuşmanın Özellikleri ve Yapısı. (Içinde) Ranguelov, B., Efe, R., & Çelik Uğuz (Eds.), Academic Researches and Studies in Sciences, pp.189-195. St. Kliment Ohridski University Press.
Ercan, G. S., & Danış, P. (2022). Türkçe gündelik söylemde konuşmanın ilkelerine uymama: Ilkeleri delme. Dil Dergisi, 173 (2). 1-21.
Ercan, G. S. (2022). A pragmatic perspective to intercultural communication. International Scientific and Practical Conference "Multilingualism and Intercultural Bilingualism: Experience, Problems and Prospects" dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, March 14, Toraighyrov University, Pavlodar, Kazakhistan.
Holmes, J. (2008). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. England: Pearson.
Riley, P. (2007). Language, Culture and Identity: An Ethnolinguistic Perspective. A&C Black.
Ruhi, Ş. (2006). Kültür araştırmalarında dilbilimin yeri: Kültürel anahtar sözcük bakış açısı. (içinde) Kocaman, A. (haz.) Dilbilim: Temel kavramlar, sorunlar, tartışmalar, ss. 77-88. Ankara: Demircioğlu Matbaacılık.
Sharifian, F. (Ed.). (2014). The Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture. Routledge.
Wardhaugh, R., & Fuller, J. M. (2015). An introduction to sociolinguistics, Hoboken.

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

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated with the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1- 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Cheating and cheating attempts in the midterm and final exams will be evaluated as 0 (zero).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEÜ Edebiyat Fak. Dilbilim Bölümü C Blok Ofis No. 153
Tel: 3018632
songul.ercan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday: 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 19 19
Preparation for final exam 1 19 19
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.6555

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