122010 VO STEOP: Introduction to the Study of Language 1 (2014W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Christiane Dalton-Puffer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Please note: main lecture time Fri 8-9.30
on these three dates 10.10., 14.11, 12.12. there is an additional lecture session (not a repeat sesssion!) on Fri 16.45-18.15 in C1

Friday 10.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 10.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 17.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 31.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 07.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 14.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 14.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 21.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 28.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 05.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 05.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
Friday 12.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture course forms the first part of a one-year introductory program that aims at providing first-year students of English with an overview of the major areas of linguistic knowledge. In the first semester, we study ways of describing and transcribing the sounds and sound system of English (phonetics/phonology). We then consider how language varies in relation to different social and geographical factors and how this variation may be described (sociolinguistics). We examine how language functions in communication and how humans use language to create meaning in interaction (pragmatics, discourse analysis). Finally, we analyze the ways in which children learn their first language (first language acquisition) and in which people learn further languages at a later stage (second language acquisition).

Please note that the following classes accompany the lecture course: Tutorium, AR Phonetic Transciption, Study Groups
(These courses are an additional offer to help you pass the exam, attendance is not mandatory)

Assessment and permitted materials

written examination, multiple choice

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will be familiar with the basic principles of phonetics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, first and second language acquisition and will be able to apply their knowledge to English texts. Students will be able to read English in phonemic transcription.

Examination topics

lecture

Reading list

Plag, Ingo, Maria Braun, Sabine Lappe & Mareile Schramm. 2007. Introduction to English Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Yule, George. 2010. The Study of Language. 4th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: UF 3.2-201, BA01.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-2010
StEOP

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