AJ5_ZJAZ Introduction to Linguistics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Hladký, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
The course should include a general introduction to the study of language, a brief survey of English studies etc., no previous requirtements are needed.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A brief survey of general linguistics and of English linguistics, of the history of English studies in Bohemia and Moravia.
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 Standard English. 11 World Englishes 12 Styles, slang and jargon. 13 The first Czech textbooks and dictionaries 14 Vilém Mathesius anbd his pupils 15 A history of English 16 Dictionaries and grammars 17 Grammatical and linguistic terminology
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
  • 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 Kolokvium, částečně česky a částečně anglicky. Do hodnocení bude zahrnuta předvedená úroveň vyjadřování v angličtině.
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 2000.
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