AJ5_ZJAZ Introduction to Linguistics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Havlíčková (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Josef Hladký, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
Seminar offers an introduction to linguistics, therefore no previous requirements needed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
1 Linguistics. 2 Language. 3 Phonetics and phonology. 4 Morphology. 5 Syntax. 6 Semantics. 7 Pragmatics. 8 Language types. 9 Indo-European languages. 10 Language change,comparative methods. 11 Some modern schools and movements. 12 Writing, the history of writing. 13 Psycholinguistics. 14 Sociolinguistics. 15 Anthropolinguistics. 16 The Standard. 17 Dialects. 18 Pidgins and creoles. 19 Hispanic English, Lingua Francas. 20 Black English. 21 Styles, slang and jargon. 22 Artificial languages. 23 Language and sexism. 24 Euphemisms, racial and national epithets. 25 Computer processing of language.
Syllabus
  • 1 Linguistics. 2 Language. 3 Phonetics and phonology. 4 Morphology. 5 Syntax. 6 Semantics. 7 Pragmatics. 8 Language types. 9 Indo-European languages. 10 Language change,comparative methods. 11 Some modern schools and movements. 12 Writing, the history of writing. 13 Psycholinguistics. 14 Sociolinguistics. 15 Anthropolinguistics. 16 The Standard. 17 Dialects. 18 Pidgins and creoles. 19 Hispanic English, Lingua Francas. 20 Black English. 21 Styles, slang and jargon. 22 Artificial languages. 23 Language and sexism. 24 Euphemisms, racial and national epithets. 25 Computer processing of language.
Literature
  • Aitchison, Jean. Linguistics
  • FROMKIN, Victoria and Robert RODMAN. An introduction to language. 5th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College, 1993, xvi, 544 s. ISBN 0-03-075379-1. info
  • CRYSTAL, David. The Cambridge encyclopedia of language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vii, 472. ISBN 0521264383. info
  • KATZNER, Kenneth. The languages of the world. London: Routledge, 1986, x, 376. ISBN 0415046041. info
  • LYONS, John. Language and linguistics : an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, xi, 356 s. ISBN 5-212-97753-3. info
  • TRUDGILL, Peter. Sociolinguistics : an introduction. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974, 189 p. : i. ISBN 0-14-021802-504. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář Zkouška v anglickém jazyce
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2000, recent)
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