Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate
Course Objective
To teach the basic concepts of linguistics, the way they approach the language, the personalities who are orientations to the linguistic sciences, and works, provide information about the descriptive size and usage characteristics of the language.
Course Content
Awareness of language as a dynamic system; the language understanding its components; basic concepts in linguistic analysis; language with linguistics teaching and literary studies. Language understanding acquisition processes; language acquisition theories and language teaching methods to understand the relationship and the social function of the language; (phonetics, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, lexicology, semantics) that constitute the basic levels of language.
Required Resources
Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi.
Kerimoğlu, Caner. (2016). Genel Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Pegem.
Aksan, Doğan. (2000). Her Yönüyle Dil: Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim. Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
Karaağaç, Günay. (2013). Dil Bilimi Terimleri Sözlüğü. Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
Vardar, Berke. (1982). Dilbilimin Temel Kavram ve İlkeleri. Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
Yaman, E., Selvi, C., Gedik, S. (2023) Yeni Türk Dili. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları.
Recommended Resources
Başkan, Özcan. (2003). Lengüistik Metodu. İstanbul: Multilingual Yabancı Dil Yayınları.
Martinet, Andre. (1985). İşlevsel Genel Dilbilim. Ankara: Birey ve Toplum Yayınları.
Bright, William. (1992). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. New York: Oxford University Press.
Jackson, Howard. (2016) Sözcükbilime Giriş. Çev. Mehmet Gürlek -Ellen Patat. İstanbul: Kesit Yayınları.
Yaylagül, Özen. (2015). Göstergebilim ve Dilbilim. Ankara: Hece Yayınları.
Chomsky, Noam. (2002). Dil ve Sorumluluk. Ankara: Ekin Yayınevi.
Uzun, Nadir Engin. (2000). Ana Çizgileriyle Evrensel Dilbilgisi ve Türkçe. İstanbul: Multilingual.
Course Learning Outcomes
- S/he learns the basic concepts of linguistics.
- S/he explains the scope and subfields of Linguistics.
- S/he learns the definitions of the language.
- S/he explains the theories of linguistics.
- S/he distinguishes the differences between linguistics and traditional grammar and philology.
- S/he recognizes the personalities who are orientations to linguistics.
- S/he classifies the language families.
- S/he classifies the subfields of linguistics.
- S/he recognizes the major linguistics schools.
- S/he notices the correlation between linguistics and translation.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 11 | 4 | 44 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information about the course content. What is language? | lecture notes |
| 2 | Theories of the origin of languages and classification of languages. | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, s.29-41 |
| 3 | What is Linguistics? Basic concepts of Linguistics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 47-54, 121-144. |
| 4 | Linguistics Groups: Phonetics and Morphology | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 330-336. |
| 5 | Linguistics Groups: Lexicology | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 334-336. |
| 6 | Linguistics Groups: Semantics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 338-348. |
| 7 | Pragmatics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 297-324. |
| 8 | Midterm | Midterm |
| 9 | Semiotics and Linguistics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 421-437. |
| 10 | Psycholinguistics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 376-381. |
| 11 | Social Linguistics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 363-375. |
| 12 | Applied Linguistics | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 386-389. |
| 13 | Linguistics and Translation | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 519-532. |
| 14 | Major Linguistics Schools | Kıran, Zeynel; Kıran, Ayşe Eziler. (2018). Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: Seçkin Yayınevi, p. 201-215. |
| 15 | Final Exam | . |
| 16 | . | . |