Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Higher Education and
scientific research
University of Baghdad
Quality Assurance and Academic
Performance Department
Collegeof education
Department:English
Stage:
Course Syllabus
Name of the First Teacher of the Course: Rihab Abduljaleel Saeed Alattar
Accademic Rank: Assistant Prof.
Degree: Ph.D.
E-mail: rihaba.saeed@yahoo.com
Name of the Second Teacher of the Course:
Accademic Rank:
Degree:
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Name of the Third Teacher of the Course:
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Course Title
Linguistics
Academic System
Course Objectives
Textbooks
Reference Books
Course Assessment
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Semester System
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Annual
 To provide a lively introduction to the study of language.
 To provide students with a comprehensive picture of how
language works through an investigation of its internal
structure (its form) and of the varied uses of language in
human life (its function).
Yule, G. (2010). The Study of Language (Fourth edition).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 Lyons, J. (1968). Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Lyons, J. (1981). Language and Linguistics. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Theoretical
Content
Exam
Laboratory
work
Quizzes
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First Term
Midterm
Exam
Second
Term
Laboratory
Final
Examination
20%
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20%
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Work
End Semester
Examination
60%
Additional
Information
week
Weekly Schedule
Theoretical Content
1
The origins of language
2
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3
Animals and human
language
4
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5
Words and wordformation processes
6
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7
Phrases and sentences:
grammar
8
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9
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01
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00
Syntax
02
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03
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04
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05
06
Semantics
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Laboratory Work
Notes
07
Break
08
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09
A training period
21
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20
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22
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23
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24
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25
Pragmatics
26
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27
Discourse Analysis
28
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29
First Language
Acquisition
31
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30
Second Language
Acquisition / Learning
32
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