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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TRE 5064 THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Turkish Language Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CANER KERIMOĞLU

Offered to

Turkish Language Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand how human language develops in biological, cultural and social contexts; to examine the evolutionary processes of language and the effects of these processes on modern languages with an interdisciplinary approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To learn the basic theories and approaches to the evolution of language. 2   2. To understand the biological and neurological basis of human language. 3   3. To analyze the historical change processes of languages and to learn about language families. 4   4. To discuss the effects of cultural, social and technological evolution of language on language structures. 5   5. To evaluate the contributions of linguistics, evolutionary biology and anthropology to the development of language.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The scientific study of language 2 The biology of language 3 The history of evolutionary theory 4 The main debates in the literature on the evolution of language 5 Archaeology and the evolution of language 6 Genetics and the evolution of language 7 Linguistics and the evolution of language 8 Animal communication and human language 9 The evolution of the brain and human cognitive abilities 10 Language universals and the problem of the origin of language 11 Traces of natural selection in language 12 The diversity of the world's languages 13 Language families and the problem of origin 14 The evolution of language families 15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fischer, S. R. (2013). Dilin tarihi. Türkiye Iş Bankası 2. Kerimoğlu, C. (2020). Neandertaller Konuşur muydu : Insanın ve Dilin Kökenine Bir Yolculuk. Varyant Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

discussion, question and answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 ASG ASSIGNMENT 3 FINS FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exam, assigment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

caner.kerimoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 7 98 Preparing assignments 1 30 30 Design Project 1 30 30 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 LO.1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 LO.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5