Lecture 1

Dr. Thanaa Alhabobi

Wednesday, January 19, 2021
 Course
Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 224
LAN 4
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 Learning Resources

Learning Resources:
1- Required Textbooks

 McCabe, A. (2011). An Introduction to Linguistics and Language Studies. London and Oakville:
Equinox.

 Yule, G. (2003). The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Available online
 Learning Resources
2- Main References

 Abdul-Raof, H. (2014). An Introduction to Linguistics: For Students of English as A Foreign

Language. Münichen: LincomGmb H.
 Elgin, S. H. (1979). What is Linguistics?(2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

3- Recommended References

 Fromkin, V., Rodman, R, &Hyams, N. (2013). An Introduction to Language. (10thed.). Boston,

MA: Thomson Wadsworth
 Wrinkler, E. G. (2012). Understanding Language 2e: A Basic Course in Linguistics. (2nded.).
London & New York: Continuum International Publishing Group.

4-Online References
http://www.ijalel.org
http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/articles-domain-linguistics
 Topics
 What is language?
 Universal features of human language
 What is linguistics? Sub-disciplines of linguistics
 Syntax, surface and deep structures, transformational generative grammar, and practical
exercises
 Syntactic and semantic ambiguity, and how complex sentences are formed
 Context of situation, and contextual factors
 Morphology, morphological processes, types of morphemes, and content and function
words.
 Word formation processes
 Semantics, and types of meaning
 Meaning relations
 Pragmatics, pragmatic factors in communication, and the cooperative principle
 Conversational Implicature, and conversational maxims
 Score Distribution
30 marks / class test 1
30 marks / class test 2
Tasks; test conditional

40 final
 Dates of Tests
Class test 1
Sunday, March 7, 2021 / lecture time

Class test 2
Sunday, April 4, 2021 / lecture time
 Preliminary

Next lecture
What is language
Universal features of language