Advanced Introduction to Linguistics
LING 511
Advanced Introduction to Linguistics
Instructor: Dr. Abdulrahman Almansour
E-mail: hmansour@ksu.edu.sa
Course website: LMS
Course description:
Basic concepts of linguistics and methods of analysis of language; study of the fundamental properties that all languages share, and of how languages differ, with respect to structure (sound system, word formation, syntax), expression of meaning, acquisition, variation, and change; introduction to phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, and to problem-solving techniques, with material drawn from a variety of languages.
Assessment:
15% Presentation
15% Midterm exam
30% Assignments
40% Final exam
Absence policy:
If a student is absent 25% or more of the classes, the student will NOT be allowed to enter the final exam.
Required textbook:
O’Grady, W., Archibald, J., Aronoff, M., & Rees-Miller, J. (2017). Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction (7th ed.), Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Syllabus:
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 Chapter 1: Language: A Preview
Week 3 Chapter 3: Phonology: Contrasts and Patterns
Week 4 Chapter 4: Morphology: The Analysis of Word Structure
Week 5 Chapter 5: Syntax: The Analysis of Sentence Structure
Week 6 Chapter 6: Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning
Week 7 Chapter 7: The Classification of Languages
Week 8 Chapter 9: First Language Acquisition
Midterm exam
Week 9 Chapter 10: Second Language Acquisition
Week 10 Chapter 11: Psycholinguistics: The Study of Language Processing
Week 11 Chapter 12: Brain and Language
Week 12 Chapter 13: Language in Social Contexts
Week 13 Chapter 18: Computational Linguistics
Week 14 Review
Week 15 Final exam