English linguistics

A REVISION of issues overlapping with other (earlier) courses, e.g. General, Descriptive and Contrastive Linguistics, and also the Theory of Communication (winter term):

• structure-function in language and the levels of organization

• semiotics: the semiotic sign: index, icon, symbol, codes, media, etc

• paralinguistic features of communication & language variation: social, regional...

• communication model: speech chain

• design features of language & functions of language

• ontological & epistemological issues & theory-practice, fact-value

• morphology and word formation processes

• syntactic and semantic roles and relations

• semantics: denotation-connotation, sense-reference & sense relations: polysemy, homonymy, etc.

• text linguistics: textuality criteria: cohesion-coherence, etc.

• pragmatics: entailment, presupposition, implicature,

• Cooperation Principle (Maxims), The Speech Act Theory (felicity conditions)

• contrastive linguistics

Avenue One: Theoretical and methodological approaches to language study (winter term)

(descriptive and explanatory adequacy)

• Structuralism (Geneva, Copenhagen, Prague, London, America)

• Generativism (Standard Theory, X-bar, Government and Binding, Principles and Parameters, Minimalism)

• Other Approaches: Tagmemics and Stratificational Grammar, Systemic-Functional Linguistics

• Functionalism (Functional Systemic Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar)

• Natural Semantic Metalanguage

• TEXT LINGUISTICS AND DISCOURSES ANALYSIS

• COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS: COGNITIVE SEMANTICS, COGNITIVE GRAMMAR AND CONSTRUCTION GRAMMARS

Avenue Two: Language Variation (summer term):

• Comparative methods & processes of diachronic linguistic change & regional/social variation

• The History of English from Old English to Modern English: Anglo-Saxons, Christianity, Norse Invasions, Normans, G. Chaucer and W. Caxton, W. Shakespeare and King James’ Bible,

• Scottish English, Irish English, British English Variants, American English, Black English, London Cockney, Australian English, Irish English

• the Inner Circle, the Outer Circle, the Expanding Circle

• the Dynamic Model of the Evolution of Postcolonial Englishes

• Postcolonial Englishes (a survey of: Pacific Varieties, South-East Asian Varieties, Indian English, South African English, East and West African Varieties, the Caribbean Patois and other Pidgins and Creoles.

Avenue Three: Australian English (summer term):

• Australian English: pronunciation, vocabulary, sociolinguistic aspects

Aboriginal English: Aboriginal linguistic/conceptual universe and cultural/narrative practices

Graded credit on the basis of:

Active involvement (20%)

Preparation for classes (20%)

Analytic tasks, essays and work-sheets (20%)

Final test (40%)

Very good – 91-100% (5.0)

Good plus – 86-90% (4+)

Good – 76-85% (4.0)

Satisfactory plus – 70-75% (3+)

Satisfactory – 60-69% (3.0)

Fail – 0-59% (2)

The students will be assessed on the basis of attendance (on-line presence during distance-learning sessions or real-space contact sessions if the situation permits), on the basis of their aptitude resulting from regarding active engagement in the activities, on the basis of assignments sent on time according to ongoing instructions at particular stages of the course (worksheets and mini-essays), the final test or project, and/or the examination test if relevant.

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On-line teaching sessions will be carried out with the support of the following distance learning tools: MICROSOFT TEAMS (is the basic tool for interactive sessions), USOS will provide the students with extra instructions, mini-lectures, comments and feedback, by means of e-mails and attachments sent to particular groups.

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