LG105-4-FY-CO:
Foundations of Linguistics
2015/16
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
30
09 January 2003
Requisites for this module
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LG404, LG462
BA QX31 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL),
BA QXH1 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Including Year Abroad),
BA QQ13 English Language and Linguistics,
BA QQ3D English Language and Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
BA QQ23 English Language and Literature,
BA QQ32 English Language and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA Q100 Linguistics,
BA Q101 Linguistics (Including Year Abroad),
BA RQ93 Modern Languages and English Language,
BA RQ91 Modern Languages and Linguistics
The aims of this module are twofold. Firstly, we wish to introduce students to some current ways in which sounds, words and sentences of languages (principally but not solely English) are analysed. Secondly, and equally importantly, we hope to accustom students to thinking about linguistic theory and give them some sense of the ways in which knowledge and understanding develops in this field, in particular the way in which data lead to questions, which lead to answers which lead to further questions, and so on. The module is divided into four sections, sounds, words, sentences and meaning. In the first term we look at sounds and how they are made and how they pattern together in speech (phonetics and phonology). We then look at how words are constructed from smaller parts (morphology). We consider the construction of sentences (syntax) and finally the meaning of words and sentences (semantics and pragmatics).
Learning Outcomes
LG105 prepares students for a significant proportion of our second and final year modules, for which it is a prerequisite. Students will have a sound foundation in all aspects of theoretical linguistics.
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Lecturers: Dr W. Johnson, Prof. L. Sadler and Dr D. Arnold.
1 x 1 hour lecture, 1 x 1 hour class for 20 weeks.
2 x 1 hour revision classes in term 3.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Exercise 1 (around 500 - 750 words) |
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12.5% |
| Coursework |
Exercise 2 (around 500 - 750 words) |
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12.5% |
| Coursework |
Essay (1500 words) |
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25% |
| Coursework |
Exercise 3 (around 500 - 750 words) |
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12.5% |
| Coursework |
Exercise 4 (around 500 - 750 words) |
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12.5% |
| Coursework |
Essay (1500 words) |
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25% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 180 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr. W. Johnson, Dr. N Kula, Prof. L. Sadler & Dr. D. Arnold
Dr. W. Johnson, office: 4.209, telephone 01206 872082, email wyn@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Glyn David Hicks
The University of Southampton
Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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