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Course Title: Introduction to Language Studies
Course Code: ENG-305
Credit Hours: 3(3-0)
Course Contents
Language Origin Language as a divine gift
A Detailed Note on language in English
Origin of Language and its Theories
Design Feature of Language
The Mysteries About Language Origin
Short Questions About Language
Natural sound source theories
Social interaction source theories —- Social Interaction Source Theories (Short Question)
The Physical adaptation sources
The genetic source
Speech vs. Writing, Primacy of speech Speech vs. Writing Origin of writing
Types of writing systems,
Language as Human Faculty
Design Feature of Language
Human Language vs. animal communication
Key Difference Humans vs Animal Language
Characteristics of Human Language: Design features Animals lack language: A controversy Language Families
Language Families in the World: A Brief Overview Historical Linguistics
What is a Language Family?
Language Families
Language families and History
What is linguistics?
Branches of Linguistics
Linguistics and Its Branches
Linguistics and its Scope
What is historical linguistics?
What does historical linguistics study? (phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic changes)
Methods of Language reconstruction Branches of Linguistics( same as Branches of Linguistics)
Major concepts in Linguistics (Synchronic vs Diachronic, Syntagmatic vs Paradigmatic, Langue vsParole, Competence and Performance in Linguistics Differences (Competence vs Performance),
Form vs Function)
Levels of Linguistic Analysis (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Discourse, Pragmatics)
Recommended Books:
Bough, A.C. & Cable, T. (2002).A History of English Language. London: Prentice Hall, Inc. Campbell, L. (2001), ‘The history of linguistics’, in M. Aronoff and J. Rees-Miller(eds), The Handbook of Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 81- 104.
Joseph, J.E. (2002), From Whitney to Chomsky: essays in the history of American linguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Yule, George. (2006). The Study of Language: 4th/ 5th Edition, Cambridge University Press.
