The Applied Science University
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Department of Foreign Languages
Syllabus
Course Title and Number: Introduction to Linguistics, 102310
Prerequisite: Course No. 102204
Credit Hours: 3
Lecturer: Prof. Majed Al- Najjar, Ph.D., General Linguistics
Office Hours: Sun., Tues., Thurs.: 11-13
Mon., Wed.: 11-12
(b) Course Description and Objectives
The present course introduces students to the scientific study of language.
Language may be studied in terms of its structure, its functions, or as a vehicle for conveying
meaning. The course will focus on the properties of verbal language and the four structural
components of language: the lexicon, morphology, syntax, and phonology.
(c) Textbook
Yule, G. (2006). The Study of Language, 3nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(d) Reading List
Bolinger, D.L. and D.A. Sears (1981). Aspects of Language, 3rd ed. New York: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
Brown, Gillian and George Yule (1983). Discourse Analysis.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fromkin, V. and R. Rodman (1998). An Introduction to Language.
Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Hudson, F. (2000). Essential Introductory Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Hyman, L. M. (1975). Phonology: Theory and Analysis. New York:
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
Lyons, John (1968). Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Matthews, P.H. (1974). Morphology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O’Grady, W. and M. Dobrovolsky (1989). Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction. New York: St.
Martin Press.
Trudgill, P. (1984) Sociolinguistics: An Introduction. London: Penguin.
(e) Teaching Schedule
W1:
W2:
W3:
W4:
W5:
W6:
W7:
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W9:
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W12:
Introduction and orientation
Ch.2: Animals and human language
Ch.4: The sounds of language
Ch:5 The sound patterns of language
Ch.6: Words and word-formation processes
Ch.7: Morphology
Page
8- 11
12- 17
29-33
34-37
38-40
43-46
47-49
53-55
56-57
58-59
63-65
W13:
W14:
W15:
W16:
Ch.8: Phrases and sentences: grammar
Final Exam
66-69
73-76
77- 82
(f)Test and Final Exam Schedule
Test 1:
Sun.–Thurs., 7.11–25.11.2010.
Test 2:
Sun.– Thurs., 19.12–30.12.2010.
Final Exam: Tues.–Thurs., 18.1–27.1.2011.
(g) Assessment and Mark Distribution
Test 1:
25 Marks
Test 2:
25 Marks
Final Exam: 50 Marks
Assessment is based on two criteria: the answer’s language (lexical, syntactic, spelling, and
punctuation mistakes) and the answer’s content (the answer’s content meets or does not meet the
points required by the question).
The Applied Science University
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Department of Foreign Languages
Syllabus
(a) Course Title and Number: Discourse Analysis, 102403
Prerequisite: Course No. 102310
Credit Hours: 3
Lecturer: Prof. Majed Al- Najjar, Ph.D., General Linguistics
Office Hours: Sun., Tues., Thurs.: 11-13
Mon., Wed.: 11-12
(b) Course Description and Objectives
The present course acquaints students with the difference between sentence linguistics and discourse
analysis, the cohesive devices and devices of coherence that build the text. It also introduces Speech
Act Theory and its bearing on meaning.
Special attention will be given to functions of language, pragmatics, Grice’s Cooperative Principle, and
Lakoff’s Politeness Principle. The course will deal with spoken and written discourse, and formal and
informal discourse.
(c) Textbook
Cook, Guy (1989). Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(d) Reading List
Austin, J.L. (1962). How to Do Things with Words. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brown, G. and G. Yule (1983). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Grice, H.P. (1975). ‘Logic and Conversation’, in Cole, P. and J.L. Morgan, eds., Syntax and Semantics,
vol. 3 :Speech Acts. New York: Academic Press.
Leech, G. (1983). Principles of Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Levinson, S. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Searle, J.R. (1969). Speech Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
van Dijk, T.A. (1977). Text and Context. London: Longman.
(e) Teaching Schedule
W1:
W2:
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W6:
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W8:
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Introduction and orientation
Ch.1: What is discourse?
Ch.2: Formal links.
Ch.3: Why formal links are not enough.
Final Exam
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3- 5
6-7
8-10
11-13
14 -15
16- 17
18- 20
21- 22
23- 25
26- 29
30- 32
33- 36
37- 40
41- 43
(f)Test and Final Exam Schedule
Test 1:
Test 2:
Final Exam:
Sun.-Thurs. , 7.11–25.11.2010.
Sun.- Thurs., 19.12–30.12.2010.
Tues.- Thurs., 18.1–27.1.2011.
(g)Assessment and Mark Distribution
Test 1:
Test 2:
Final Exam:
25 Marks
25 Marks
50 Marks
Assessment is based on two criteria: the answer’s language (lexical, syntactic, spelling, and
punctuation mistakes) and the answer’s content (the answer’s content meets or does not meet the
points required by the question).
The Applied Science University
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Department of Foreign Languages
Syllabus
(a)Course Title and Number: Semantics, 102405
Prerequisite: Course No. 102310
Credit Hours: 3
Lecturer: Prof. Majed Al- Najjar, Ph.D., General Linguistics
Office Hours: Sun., Tues., Thurs.: 11-13
Mon., Wed.: 10-11
(b) Course Description and Objectives
The present course introduces students to semiotics and language and to semantics in general, and
linguistic semantics in particular. Students will be acquainted with types of meaning such as semantic
vs. pragmatic meaning. Special attention will be given to lexical, syntactic and phonological semantics.
(c) Textbook
Saeed, John I. (1997). Semantics. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.
(d) Reading List
Allan, Keith (1986). Linguistic Meaning. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Cruse, Allan (2000). Meaning in Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cruse, D.A. (1986). Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kempson, Ruth M. (1977). Semantic Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Leech, G.N. (1974). Semantics. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Lyons, John (1977). Semantics, vols. 1&2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lyons, John (1995). Linguistic Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nida, E.A. (1975). Componential Analysis of Meaning. The Hague: Mouton.
Palmer, F.R. (1993). Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Yule, George (2006). The Study of Language (ch.10: Semantics). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
(e) Teaching Schedule
W1: Introduction and orientation
W2: Ch.1: Semantics in linguistics
W3:
W4:
W5:
W6: Ch.2. Meaning, thought and reality
W7:
W8:
W9:
W10:
W11: Ch.3: Word meaning
W12:
W13:
W14:
W15: Ch.4:Sentence relations and truth
W16: Final exam
Page
3-7
8-12
13-17
17-19
23-28
29-34
35-39
40-44
45-47
53-58
59-63
64-68
69-73
79-83
(f)Test and Final Exam Schedule
Test 1:
Sun.–Thurs., 7.11–25.11.2010.
Test 2:
Final Exam:
Sun.– Thurs., 19.12–30.12.2010.
Tues.–Thurs., 18.1–27.1.2011.
(g)Assessment and Mark Distribution
Test 1:
Test 2:
Final Exam:
25 Marks
25 Marks
50 Marks
Assessment is based on two criteria: the answer’s language (lexical, syntactic, spelling, and
punctuation mistakes) and the answer’s content (the answer’s content meets or does not meet the
points required by the question).