Course code

EKL6035.HT

old course code

EKL6035

Course title in Estonian

Keel kui süsteem

Course title in English

Language as a System

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

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

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring 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 levels of language, points of contact with other disciplines and possibilities for the application of the results of linguistic research.

Brief description of the course

Language and its levels and applications. 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 levels of linguistics and to analyse them; to describe language structre; to characterize important subdisciplines within linguistics and to name their most significant representatives; to describe language as a mean of communication.

Teacher

professor Anna Verschik

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/15.HT)
History (AIAJB/15.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/15.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/15.HT)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/15.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIB/15.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/15.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/15.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/15.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/15.LT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/15.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/15.HT)
Special Education (KAEPB/15.HR)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/15.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/14.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/14.HT)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/14.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/14.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/14.HT)
Special Education (KAEPB/14.HR)
Psychology (PSPSB/14.LT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/14.HT)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/14.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/14.HT)
Asian Studies (HILAB/14.HT)
History (AIAJB/14.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/14.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIB/14.HT)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/13.HT)
History (AIAJB/13.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/13.HT)
Special Education (KAEPB/13.HR)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/13.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/13.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIB/13.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/13.HT)
Psychology (PSPSB/13.LT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/13.HT)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/13.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/13.HT)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/13.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/12.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/12_1.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/12.HT)
History (AIAJB/12.HT)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/12.YK)
Special Education (KAEPB/12.HR)
Finnish Philology (EKSOB/12.HT)
Estonian Philology (EKEB/12.HT)
Film Arts (BFFVB/12.FK)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/12.HT)
German Language and Culture (GRSB/12.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIB/12.HT)
Liberal Arts in Humanities (KKLHB/12.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/12.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/12.HT)
Estonian as a Second Language and Estonian Culture (EKEVB/00.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11.HT)
Film Arts (BFFVB/10.FK)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/00.HT)
English Language and Culture (GRIB/00.HT)