COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4053 LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims to classify languages with respect grammatical features, and to introduce the theories developed on language family and language classification.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1 discuss the methods of linguistic typology.
2   2 employ phonological, morphological and syntactic typology devices.
3   3 classify languages with respect to its linguistic features.
4   4 draw tpological features of a given language.
5   5 classify languages with respect to semantic and pragmatic features.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction ot Linguistic Typology
2 A General Survey to Languages of the World
3 History of Typology Studies
4 Comparative Language Studies
5 Phonological Typology - I
6 Phonological Typology - II
7 Morphological Typology - I
8 Midterm
9 Morphological Typology - II
10 Syntactic Typology - I
11 Syntactic Typology - II
12 Semantic and Pragmatic Typology
13 Typology of Pidgins and Creoles
14 Typology of Turkish Sign Languages
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Velupillai, V. (2012). An introduction to linguistic typology. John Benjamins Publishing.
2. Özgen, M., & Koşaner, Ö. (2017). Dünya dillerinden örneklerle dilbilimsel tipoloji. Pegem Akademi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question-answer

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

Mid-term
Final

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% class attendance is obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozgun.kosaner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 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.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555