Course code

EKL6001.HT

old course code

EKL6001

Course title in Estonian

Keeleteaduse alused

Course title in English

Basics of Linguistics

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

An introductory overview of traditional and contemporary fields of the study of linguistics, points of contact with other disciplines and possibilities for the application of the results of linguistic research.

Brief description of the course

Language and linguistics, its applications. Phonetics: sound system, prosody. Phonology: phoneme, allophone, phonological typology. Syntax, syntactic typology. Language as a sign system, symbol, index, icon, diagram. Iconic communication. Sign language. Sentence semantics. Pragmatics. Sociolinguistics. Language change and grammaticalization. Language change and typology. Model of a tree diagram and language families of the world. Model of a tree diagram and contact theory. Linguistic mind. Hypothesis of linguistic relativity. Psycholinguistics: dyslexia, aphasia.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to explain main concepts of linguistics and to use them in appropriate contexts;
- can describe language structre;
- characterizes important subdisciplines within linguistics and names their most significant representatives;
- can describe main research methods.

Teacher

prof Anna Verschik

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Asian Studies (HILAB/13.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/12.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/11.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/10.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/10.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/10.HT)
Estonian Language Editor (EKKLM/10.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/06.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/07.HT)
Estonian Language Editor (EKKLM/06E.HT)
Estonian Language Editor (EKKLM/06T.HT)