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Introduction to English Linguistics, 5hp

What is linguistics? Why should we study it? Social reasons: it tells us about human interaction and relationships Historical reasons: it tells us about human migration Biologogical reasons: it tells us how the brain works SLA (Second Language Acquisition) – it tells us how we learn and teach languages

Lecture January 17: Overview of the course The sound patterns of language /k æ t n ɪ p/

OVERVIEW 6 x 2 lectures: Pia Norell (NOL) 2 45-minute seminars, 1 90-minute seminar: Elisabeth Gustawsson (GUN) Per Otterstedt (OTT) Sarah Nilsson (NIN) Pia Norell (NOL) Course literature: Yule, George: The Study of Language EXAM: March 2

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, SPRING TERM January 17 Introduction to the course The sound patterns of language Yule, Ch January 24Word formation Morphology Yule, Ch. 5 Yule, Ch January 31Grammar Syntax Yule, Ch. 7, pp. 85 – 89 Yule, Ch February 7Semantics Pragmatics Discourse analysis Yule, Ch. 9 Yule, Ch. 10 Yule, Ch February 14First language acquisition Second language acquisition/learning Yule, Ch. 13 Yule, Ch February 21Language and regional variation Language and social variation Language and culture Yule, Ch. 18 Yule, Ch. 19 Yule, Ch. 20 MARCH, 2: EXAM

LECTURE 1 (January 17): THE SOUND PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE (Ch. 4) -The smallest units of speech /æ/ /ð/ /ǝ/ /ʊ/ /θ/ /ɒ/ /k/ -How sounds can be combined into words in different languages /kæt/

LECTURE 2 (January 24): WORD FORMATION (Ch. 5) - What do the words fingernail, dogcatcher and gunpowder have in common? -And pyjamas, broccoli and ombudsman? - Phone, exam and bra?

MORPHOLOGY- the internal structure of words: How many units of meaning (= morphemes) can be isolated in the following words? Happy Happily Unhappily Dogcatcher Dogcatchers Happy (1) Happi | ly (2) Un | happi | ly (3) Dog | catch |er (3) Dog | catch |er | s (4)

LECTURE 3: January 31 GRAMMAR – the analysis of the structure of phrases and sentences: -How can we explain that We saw a gorgeous new horse is grammatical but *Saw a we horse gorgeous new is not?

SYNTAX -How do we explain the ambiguity of the sentence She hit the man with a stick? -Why are the sentences John is eager to please and John is easy to please not as similar as they look?

LECTURE 4 (February 7): SEMANTICS: How do we make sense of a word? - Why do we associate /tri:/, with

PRAGMATICS – `speaker meaning´ - The meaning of an utterance in a particular situation/context. - Do you know what time it is? - What expectations do we have when we enter into a conversation?

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS What goes on in a conversation? How come we understand more than is communicated?

LECTURE 5 (February 14) LANGUAGE ACQUISITION (Ch. 13, 14): First language acquisition – when? How? Second language acquisition – how? Why? Why not?

LECTURE 6 (February 21): LANGUAGE VARIATION (Ch. 18, 19, 20): -Language and regional variation (dialectology) -Language and social variation (sociolinguistics) -Language and culture