SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE
FACULTY/INSTITUTE
COURSE CODE
DEGREE PROGRAMME
FIELD OF STUDY
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES
DEGREE LEVEL
PHILOLOGY: ENGLISH PHILOLOGY
COURSE FORMAT
YEAR AND SEMESTER
NAME OF THE TEACHER
FORMA
MODE
STUDIÓW/STUDY
BA STUDIES
FULL-TIME STUDIES
BASIC CONTENT
YEAR 1 WINTER SEMESTER
PROF. DR HAB. GRZEGORZ A. KLEPARSKI
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Most generally, the main objectives of the course is to familiarize the students with the
phenomenon of broadly understood natural language and its constitutive elements
combined with the dimension of language diachrony. The main pedagogic task is to arouse
students’ interest in language that – on a short-distance scale – may lead to developing
further interest in the science of linguistics, and – on the other hand - may add up to
understanding human communication and - most generally - interhuman relationships.
Also, one of the major aims of the course to help students realize the infinitude of language
and the explanatory power of language history that very often helps to account for, if not
all, than at least certain synchronic facts and states, also those that puzzle not only laymen,
but also hardened professional linguists. In other words, elements of linguistic synchrony
are meant to be discussed together with various diachronic facts, causes and conditionings.
PREREQUISITES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
NONE
KNOWLEDGE:
1) STUDENTS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF VARIOUS SECTORS
OF LINGUISTIC STUDY
2) STUDENTS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE INFINITUDE AND
CREATIVITY OF LANGUAGE SYSTEMS
3) STUDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE NECESSITY OF
COMBINING THE ANALYSIS OF SYNCHRONIC STATE OF
LANGUAGE WITH HISTORICAL FACTORS, MECHANISMS AND
CONDITIONINGS
SKILLS:
RECOGNITION
OF SEMANTIC, MORPHOLOGICAL,
SYNTACTIC AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC MECHANISMS OPERATIVE IN
LANGUAGE, AND THE ABILITY TO ILLUSTATE THEM WITH
ILLUSTRATIVE LANGUAGE DATA
FINAL COURSE OUTPUT - SOCIAL COMPETENCES
1) AWARENESS OF THE EXISTENCE OF LANGUAGE
DIFFERENCES
2) AWARNESS OF THE MANIPULATIVE POWER OF LANGUAGE
3) TOLERANCE FOR OTHER VARIANTS OF THE SAME
LANGUAGE (OTHER THAN OWNS OWN)
COURSE ORGANISATION –LEARNING FORMAT AND NUMBER OF HOURS
LECTURE – 30 HOURS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course starts with the general description of linguistics as a science and a brief
account of the history of linguistic analysis Further, the following areas of linguistic
enquiry will be covered:
1) Animal systems of communication,
2) Features of natural languages,
3) Theories of language origin,
4) Diachronic, synchronic and panchronic approaches to language analysis,
5) Word-formation and word-formation mechanisms,
6) Semantic relations,
7) The mechanisms of semantic change,
8) Phraseology,
9) Sociolinguistics,
10) Language history and its explanatory power
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
GRADING SYSTEM
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
NEEDED TO ACHIEVE EXPECTED
LEARNING OUTCOMES EXPRESSED
IN TIME AND ECTS CREDIT POINTS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
INTERNSHIP
LECTURE
WRITTEN EXAM
60 % PASSMARK
30 HOURS(LECTURE), 60 HOURS (EXAM PREP)
3ECTS
ENGLISH
NONE
MATERIALS
PRIMARY OR REQUIRED BOOKS/READINGS:
FINEGAN, E.
1. Finegan, E. (1999) Language: Its Structure and Use.
Fort Worth.
2. Fromkin, V., Rodman, R. (1993) An Introduction to
Language. Fort Worth
3. Kieltyka, R., G.A. Kleparski. (2014) The Rudiments of the
History of English. Rzeszów.
SUPPLEMENTAL OR OPTIONAL BOOKS/READINGS:
1. Stekauer, P. (1993) Essentials of English Linguistics.
Presov.
2. De Saussure, F.: Kurs językoznawstwa ogólnego.
Warszawa 2000.