Module Identifier | ED10310 | ||
Module Title | THE DESIGN OF HUMAN LANGUAGE | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mr Bob Morris Jones | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Co-Requisite | Prospective Honours students select three other modules chosen from ED10210, ED10410, ED10510, ED10610. No co-requisites for other students. | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 Hours | |
Tutorial | Every fortnight. | ||
Assessment | Exam | 2 Hours Written exam. | 75% |
Continuous assessment | Assginment of 2, 000 words | 25% | |
Further details | http://users.aber.ac.uk/bmj/Undgrad/Modsae/Ed10310/ed10310.html |
Brief description
This module provides a general introduction on a descriptive level to the
main design features of human language. It complements modules in other
departments on language and/or literature, sociolinguistics and
computational linguistics. It makes students aware of basic concepts of
descriptive analysis which are relevant to more advanced and specialized
modules at levels 2 and 3.
Aims of the module
Syllabus
Lectures are based on the following topics:
Tutorials provide students with the opportunity to apply the principles and methods which are introduced in the lectures:
Learning outcomes
At the end of this module, students should:
Reading Lists
Books
Lyons, John. (1981)
Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP
Martin Atkinson et al. (1988)
Foundations Of General Linguistics. 2. Allen & Unwin
O'Grady, William , Michael Dobrovolsky, and Francis Katamba (editors). (1997)
Contemporary Linguistics: an introduction. London; New York: Longman
Trask, R.L.. (1995)
Language: the basics,. London: Routledge
Yule, George. (1996)
The Study of Language. 2nd. Cambridge: CUP
Yule, George. (1996)
The Study of Language. 2nd. Cambridge: CUP