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Finally we shall examine how language functions in communication and how humans use
language to create meaning.
Required course books:
Roach, Peter. 2002. Phonetics. (Oxford Introductions to Language Study). Oxford: OUP.
Yule, George. 1996. The Study of Language. Cambridge: CUP.
Also recommended:
Garcia Lecumberri, M. Luisa and John A. Maidment. 2000. English Transcription Course.
London: Arnold.
Widdowson, H.G. 1996. Linguistics. (Oxford Introductions to Language Study). Oxford: OUP.
Parallel to the lecture course there will be a one-hour programme of practical analysis and
transcription. This will be held on Wednesdays from 14.00-15.00 in the Unterrichtsraum.
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202/K212: Introduction to the Study of Language 2
2st, VO
Bryan Jenner, Angelika Rieder, Wed 10-12, Hs C1 (ab 9.3.)
This lecture forms the second part of a one-year introductory programme and will complement
the topics discussed in the course 'Introduction to the Study of Language 1'.
After giving an overview of the scope of linguistics, we will investigate the meaning of words
and sentences (semantics) and consider different approaches to grammar. We will also analyse
the internal architecture of words (morphology) and discuss how they combine to form phrases
and sentences (syntax).
Furthermore, the course will focus on how language is processed in the mind (psycholinguistics)
and on how it is acquired in a first and second language context.
Required course book:
Yule, George. 1996. The study of language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Also recommended:
Widdowson, H.G. 1996. Linguistics. [Oxford introductions to language study. Series ed. by H.G.
Widdowson] Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2st, PS, p.A.
203/K213: Introduction to the History of English
Preconditions:
- old curriculum: pass grade in Introduction to Phonetics K 211 or Introduction to the Study
of Language 201
- new curriculum: pass grades in Language Analysis 101 and 102 as well as 201/K 211,
UmsteigerInnen with pass grades in Englische Sprachübungen I-IV do not need Language
Analysis pass grades.
Registration: see chapter Anmeldungen, p. 14(16)
Language varies geographically, socially and historically: this course focuses on the different
forms of English over time. It builds on concepts and terminology familiar from the introductory
lecture courses and applies them to a number of developments which have made English the
language it is today. Some of the questions raised will be: why is there so little correspondence
between English spelling and pronunciation Why are there hardly any inflectional endings in
Modern English and why is its vocabulary so full of words of foreign origin Answering these
questions necessitates reflection on how we can find out about past stages of a language with