UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

ENG-113: Introduction to Linguistics 1

Course Code: ENG-113 Course Title: Introduction to Linguistics 1

Year: 2018 Semester: Fall-2019
Instructor’s Name: Mudasar Jehan Office (Room No): R-02
E-mail:Mudasar.jehan@uog.edu.pk Office Hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm

Goals The aim of this course is to provide a background in several core

areas of the study of human language: phonetics and phonology
(sound structure and patterns), morphology (word structure),
syntax (sentence structure), and semantics (the meanings of words
and expressions). Additional topics to be addressed include child
language acquisition, dialects, social aspects of language and
language change.
Text Book Yule, G. 2006. The Study of Language. Third edition. C UP.

Additional Readings Aitchison, J. 2000. Linguistics (Teach Yourself Books).

Farmer, A. K; Demers, R. A. A Linguistics Workbook
Finch, G. How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Understanding
Linguistics.Palgrave
Finch, Geoffrey. 2000.Key concepts in language and linguistics.
Macmillan Press.
Fromkin, V. A; Rodman, R. and Hymas, M. 2002. Introduction to
Language. 6th Ed. New York: Heinley.
Radford, A., Atkinson, M., Briatain, D., Clahsen, H., Spencer, A.
1999.Linguistics: An Introduction. CUP.
Todd, L. 1987. An Introduction to Linguistics. Moonbeam
Publications.
Yule, G. 2006. The Study of Language. Third edition. CUP.
Rough, P. 2009. English Phonetics and Phonology: a Practical
Course. Fourth edition. CUP
Lectures 32 Lectures of 90 minutes each

Attendance Policy A minimum of 70% attendance is required for a student to be

eligible to take the final examination.
The students with less than 70% of the attendance in a course shall
be given the grade SA (Short Attendance) in such a course and
shall not be allowed to take its End Term Exams and will have to
reappear in the course to get the required attendance to be eligible
to sit in the exam when the course is offered the next time.
Grading The course will be evaluated on the basis of the following
percentage:
 Mid Term 25%
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  Sessional work 25%
• Presentation/Practical 10%
• Assignment/Practical 10%
• Quizzes 05%
Final term 50%
Total 100%
Quizzes, Assignments Presentation : Lecture # 10th, 30th& 31st
and Presentation Quizzes: Lecure # 20th
Schedule (tentative) Assignments: Lecture # 30th&31st

Schedule for Lectures

Lecture Topics Readings

1  What is a Language? Text Book Chapter # 1 (Related
 Animal Language and Human Language Material)
2  Features/Universals of a Language Text Book Chapter # 2(Related
(Duality, Displacement, Arbitrariness
Material)
etc).
3  What is Linguistics? Instructor can use his/her own
 Definitions and a brief discussion on the notes.
Linguistic levels of a Language.
(Phonology, Morphology, Syntax,
Semantics)
4& 5 Phonology Text Book Chapter # 4(Related
 Phonetics and Phonology Material)
 Characteristics of English Consonants Additional Material
 Places & Manner of Articulation Rough, P. 2009. English
5& 6  Characteristics of English Vowels Phonetics and Phonology: a

 Explanation of Cardinal Vowel Chart Practical Course. Fourth edition.

 Monophthongs and Diphthongs CUPhttp://www.slideshare.net/bi

ngebook/phonetics- cambridge-
english-phonetics-and-phonology

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7 Morphology
 Morpheme, Morphs, Allomorphs
 Lexical and Functional Morphemes
8  Free and Bound Morphemes Text Book Chapter # 7(Related
Material)
 Inflectional and Derivational Morphemes
9 Basic Concepts in Linguistics Finch, Geoffrey. 2000.
Key concepts in language and
 Synchrony, Diachrony linguistics. Macmillan Press.
 Paradigmatic, Syntagmatic
 Langue, Parole Additional Material

 Competence & Performance Glossary of Linguistic terms is

available on internet
10  Presentations
11 Syntax
 Grammar,
 Problems with Traditional Grammar
 Prescriptive, Descriptive
Text Book Chapter 8 & 9
12 & 13  Generative Grammar
(Related Material)
 Syntactic structures
 Deep and Surface Structures
 Tree Diagrams
 Phrase Structure Rules
14 & 15 Revision & Mid Term

16&17 Semantics
 Conceptual and Associative meaning
 Semantic Features
 Semantic Roles (Agent, Theme,
Instrument, Experience, Location Source, Text book Chapter # 10 (the
and Goal) whole chapter)

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18 & 19  Lexical Relations (Synonymy,
Antonymy, Hyponymy, Prototypes etc)

20 & 21 Quiz and the Feedback for the Mid Term

Exam
22 Discussion on the Assignment Topics

23 Psycholinguistics
 Parts of Brain (Broca and Wernicke
areas)
 Localization View
24  The tip of tongue phenomenon Textbook Chapter # 13(the whole
 Slips of tongue/ears chapter)
 Aphasia (Conduction, Broca and
Wernicke Aphasias)
25  Dichotic Listening
 Critial Period
26 & 27 Sociolinguistics
 The standard Language
 Accent, Dialectology, Regional Dialects;
 Isoglosses and Dialect boundaries Textbook Chapter # 18 & 19
28 & 29  Social Dialects, (related material)
 Speech style and style-shifting, Prestige,
 Speech accommodation, Register and
Jargon, Slang, Social Barriers and
Vernacular Language
30 & 31 Presentations& Assignments

32 Revision