Keywords

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course unit, the student will be able to describe the basic structures of English at the level of speech sounds, morphemes, and syntax. The student will be able to analyse the phonemes, morphemes, and syntactic structures present in language samples. The student will be able to describe the variety of meanings of words, the factors involved, and the specific relations between words.

Contents

The student will explore the basic concepts of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, as well as their application to English through practical exercises. During the course unit, the student will write an essay on an agreed subject, paying attention to both the provided literature and to the presence of the examined linguistic feature in the provided research material.

Teaching language

Evaluation

Study materials

Trudgill, Peter, 2000. Sociolinguistics (4th edition).

Belongs to following study modules

2018–2019

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

ENGP5 Linguistics I: Introduction to Basic Concepts