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Dr. Thanaa Alhabobi: Wednesday, January 19, 2021
Dr. Thanaa Alhabobi: Wednesday, January 19, 2021
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Learning Resources:
1- Required Textbooks
McCabe, A. (2011). An Introduction to Linguistics and Language Studies. London and Oakville:
Equinox.
Available online
Learning Resources
2- Main References
3- Recommended References
4-Online References
http://www.ijalel.org
http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/articles-domain-linguistics
Topics
What is language?
Universal features of human language
What is linguistics? Sub-disciplines of linguistics
Syntax, surface and deep structures, transformational generative grammar, and practical
exercises
Syntactic and semantic ambiguity, and how complex sentences are formed
Context of situation, and contextual factors
Morphology, morphological processes, types of morphemes, and content and function
words.
Word formation processes
Semantics, and types of meaning
Meaning relations
Pragmatics, pragmatic factors in communication, and the cooperative principle
Conversational Implicature, and conversational maxims
Score Distribution
30 marks / class test 1
30 marks / class test 2
Tasks; test conditional
40 final
Dates of Tests
Class test 1
Sunday, March 7, 2021 / lecture time
Class test 2
Sunday, April 4, 2021 / lecture time
Preliminary
Next lecture
What is language
Universal features of language