| CODE | LLT1013 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Linguistics 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics and Language Technology | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Introduction to Linguistics 2B follows on from Introduction to Linguistics 1 by furthering the introduction of concepts and terminology for examining elements of phonological structure above the level of the segment in order to look at longer utterances as well as for studying sentence structure. The study-unit will attempt to draw links between the different areas of linguistics with a view to consolidating the knowledge acquired in the previous semester, all the while expanding it by introducing the following core-areas of linguistics in turn: - Sound: Introducing phonology Phonology looks at speech from the point of view of the way sounds are organised in repeated patterns in ways which contribute, both to the creation of meaning, and to giving an identity to different languages and language varieties. The description of sound structure provided in this study-unit moves beyond looking at individual sounds to looking at how these combine into syllables and words. It further includes examination of longer stretches of speech such as utterances, and of the role of prosodic features such as stress and intonation in creating meaningful distinctions. Attention will also be given to the interfacing with the different levels of language. - Grammar: Introducing syntax Syntax deals with the structure of phrases and clauses. This part of the study unit delineates the domain of syntax by (i) discussing fundamental concepts involved (phrase structure, syntactic rules), (ii) describing and analysing syntactic phenomena (case, agreement), and (iii) highlighting the relation between grammar and other levels of language, especially phonology. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit has the following main aims: - to continue to familiarise students with important concepts and terminology necessary for the study of language, both at the formal and at the functional levels; - to continue to provide students with a solid foundation in the core areas of Phonology and Syntax which they will be able to build on in more advanced as well as applied (particularly to the clinical setting) study-units; - to introduce students to basic concepts in phonology by examining issues such as the nature of phonological distributions and of the phonological processes which occur in speech; - to enable students to understand the phonological principles governing the combination of speech segments into syllables, as well as phonological phenomenon occurring at word level, and, to at a basic level, sentence level; - to familiarise students with the concepts, tools and terminology needed for the analysis of sentence structure. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: For the area of Sound: - describe more fully the distinction between phoneme and allophone and the nature of phonological distributions, rules and representations; - demonstrate a preliminary understanding of syllable-structure and phonotactics; - demonstrate a preliminary understanding of stress, rhythm and intonation. For the area of Grammar: - describe basic units and concepts in syntax, e.g., constituent, phrase, clause, complement, modifier; - explore and understand grammatical categories and their projection in syntactic structure; - judge sentences for grammaticality and identify reasons for unacceptability. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyse data with a view to identifying different distributional patterns; - express generalisations using simple phonological formalisms; - analyse syllable structure and examine phonotactics in some loanword data; - identify and mark stress and rhythm distinctions and provide (interlinear) transcriptions of the intonation of simple utterances; - apply their knowledge of basic notions in syntax to analyse and understand real language data from a wide variety of languages; - describe the structure of phrases and clauses in languages from different language families. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Main text-books will be identified and announced in the course of the study-unit. Specific readings will be assigned for each area on a topic-by-topic basis. General readings: - Aitchison, J. (2008). The articulate mammal: An introduction to psycholinguistics (5th edition). London/New York: Routledge. - Bruhn de Garavito, J., & Schweiter, J. W. (Eds.). (2021). Introducing Linguistics: Theoretical and applied approaches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Burridge, K., & Stebbins, T. N. (2019). For the love of language: An introduction to linguistics (2nd edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Crystal, D. (2008). Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (6th edition). West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. - O'Grady, W., J. Archibald, M. Aronoff & J. Rees-Miller. (2017). Contemporary linguistics: An introduction (7th edition). London: Macmillan. - Pinker, S. (1995). The language instinct. London: Penguin. For the area of Sound: - Ladefoged, P., & Johnson, K. (2014). A course in phonetics (7th edition). Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publishing. - Gussenhoven, C. & Jacobs, H. (2011). Understanding phonology (3rd edition). London: Arnold. - Kennedy, R. (2017): Phonology: A coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Zsiga, E. C. (2013). The sounds of language. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. For the area of Grammar: - Larson, R. K. (2010) Grammar as science. Massachusetts, London: MIT Press. - Moravcsik, E. A. (2006) An Introduction to syntax. Fundamentals of syntactic analysis. London: Bloomsbury. - Sportiche, D., Koopman, H., & Stabler, E. (2014) An introduction to syntactic analysis and theory. Chicester: Wiley-Blackwell. - Tallerman, M. (2019). Understanding syntax (3rd edition). London: Taylor and Francis, Hodder Education. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: LLT1011 For Speech Pathology students only. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Kirsty Azzopardi Benjamin Matthews (Co-ord.) |
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