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Introduction to General Linguistics - NPFL063
Title: Úvod do obecné lingvistiky
Guaranteed by: Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (32-UFAL)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2020
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/courses/npfl063
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
Guarantor: RNDr. Jiří Hana, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Jiří Hana, Ph.D.
Class: Informatika Mgr. - Matematická lingvistika
Classification: Informatics > Computer and Formal Linguistics
Is co-requisite for: NPFL064
Is incompatible with: NPFX063
Is interchangeable with: NPFX063
Annotation -
The course will help students to get familiar with fundamental features of human language, its structure and development, its place in the society, etc. It also introduces linguistics as a science, its history and methodology, with focus on structural linguistics.
Last update: T_UFAL (11.05.2010)
Course completion requirements -

To get a Zapocet:

  • submit all (typically 4) homework assignments
  • write an article on a selected topic

The exam is written (open-book, any reference literature allowed).

See the website for more info.

Last update: Hana Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.06.2019)
Literature -

V. Fromkin, R. Rodman, N. Hyams: An Introduction to Language. 8th edition or later; preferably the International edition of 8th edition, Heinle, 2006.

D. Crystal: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press; 1997

A.Erhart, Základy jazykovědy, SPN Praha 1990.

Fr. Čermák, Jazyk a jazykověda (Přehled a slovníky), Pražská imaginace Praha, 1994, 1. vydání; 1997, 2. vydání, 2001, 3. vydání Karolinum

J.Černý, Dějiny lingvistiky, Votobia Olomouc, 1997.

J.Černý, Úvod do studia jazyka, Rubico Olomouc 1998.

E. Hajičová - P. Sgall - J. Panevová, Úvod do teoretické a počítačové lingvistiky, Svazek 1: Teoretická lingvistika. Karolinum: Praha 2002.

Last update: T_UFAL (11.05.2010)
Requirements to the exam -

The grade is given on the basis of homework assignments (20%), an article (30%), final (40%), and active class participation (10%). The final exam is in-class and the students can use use any notes or literature. More info on the course website.

Last update: Hana Jiří, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.06.2019)
Syllabus -

1. Semiotics, properties of sign systems, specifics of language signs. Language typology.

2. Phonetics: Phones and their classification, International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Phonetics of Czech and English. Prosody. Categorical perception.

3. Phonology: Phonotactics, phonological rules.

4. Morphology: Morphemes and their classification, morphological proceses.

5. Syntax: Phrase and dependency grammars. Structural ambiguity. Subcategorization, agreement, word-order, clitics. Basic overview of grammar formalisms (Government and Binding, HPSG, Categorial grammar).

6. History of linguistics: pre-structural linguistics (neogrammarians). Ferdinand de Saussure - the founder of structural linguistics. Glossematics & The Copenhagen School.

7. Functional linguistics according to the Prague School of Linguistics (language function, opposition system, assymetric dualism, form and function).

8. Prague School of Linguistics - sociolinguistic approach, sentence perspective, word-order.

9. Semantics and pragmatics: Meaning of words and sentences. Formal models of meaning. Context.

10. Historical linguistics: Types of language change, language reconstruction. Language families. Developmen of Czech and English. Attitudes toward language change.

11. Psycholinguistics: Language and the brain, aphasias. Language acquisition. Methods of the psycholinguistic research.

Last update: T_UFAL (11.05.2010)
 
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