1. Introduction to Linguistics
Objectives: 1. to give knowledge about language
and certain languages
2. to give the ability to analyze language
structure based on various views of
language

2. Topics in this course include:
1. What is linguistics?
2. characteristics of language
3. phonological analysis
4. morphological analysis
5. syntactic analysis
6. semantic analysis
7. sociolinguistics
8. pragmatics
9. transformational grammar
10. functional grammar

3. Assessment 1. attendance to classes 2. participation in the class
3. assignments
4. mid-semester examination
5. end-of-semester examination

4. References 1. F. Dinneen, General Linguistics
2. R.H Robins, General Linguistics: an Introductory
Survey
3. M.A.K Halliday, Introduction to Functional
Grammar
4. G.N Leech, Principles of Pragmatics

5. Rules of Conduct
1. Punctuality is highly appreciated (15 minutes late is
tolerable)
2. No T-shirt, no sandals, no smoking during the
lecture
3. Basic requirement for sitting the examination is 75%
attendance to classes
4. Good behaviour is more important than high
intelligence