EKIP2020 Science of Language (5 cr)

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Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Coordinating organisation:
Open University, Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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Linguistic analysis is fun. Because science! Come explore some grammar! You never know what you’re going to find. Just kidding, it’s noun phrases!

Description

This course is an introductory course to analyzing English using syntactic concepts and terminology as well as about the study of language – or linguistics, which gives you an overview of some central areas, concepts, methods and questions of the scientific study of language.

Learning outcomes

After this course, students will be able to:

  • to give an overview of the aims, methods and practices of linguistics, the scientific study of language

  • recognise the central levels of linguistic description (such as phonology, morphology, lexis, semantics, and pragmatics) and the basic terminology related to them

  • identify various research areas (e.g. general and applied linguistics) and research orientations (e.g. language and society) in linguistics

  • apply basic linguistic terms and analysis into English and describe the basics of English as a system

  • describe the structure of language using basic grammatical terminology

  • distinguish the English basic clause types from each other

  • analyze basic written and spoken English clauses and sentences, and

  • name and distinguish different phrases and their parts, such as noun phrases and verb phrases

Study materials

A list of literature will be provided at the beginning of the course. Study materials will be provided in Moodle.

Completion methods

Method 1

Evaluation criteria:
Attendance requirement: 80%. Active participation and completion of all assignments on time is required for completing the course. Assessment criteria will be available in Moodle.
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Exploring Linguistics (3 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Literature:
  • Yule, George. 2010. The Study of Language, 4th ed.

Teaching

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Exploring Grammar (2 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English

Teaching