TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Recognize the basic linguistic concepts. 2) Recognize study fields of linguistics. 3) Learn linguistics theories. 4) Learn the history of linguistics. 5) Apply newly-learnt concepts in literature review.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Various definitions of language, general information about world languages; a historical overview of language studies in eastern and western traditions until the early 20th century (language studies in primeval era, language studies in the middle age); the emergence of the linguistic concept in the 20th century; branches of linguistics and study areas; Ferdinand de Saussure and structuralist linguistic theory (Geneva Linguistics School); structuralist linguistic schools; Prag Linguistics School, French Functionalism (Andre Martinet), Gustave Guillame and psychomechanical, Copenhagen Linguistics School and Glosamatic, American Structuralism (Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, Leonard Bloomfield, Zelling Sabbetai Harris), Moam Chomsky and theory of tranformational-generative grammar, linguistics-oriented grammar theories, relating the theories with language teaching on a theoretical and practical basis.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Basic concepts in language and linguistics 3rd Week Basic concepts in language and linguistics 4th Week Theories in Linguistics 5th Week Theories in Linguistics 6th Week Language acquisition 7th Week Language acquisition 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Second Language acquisition 10th Week Pragmatics 11th Week Sociolinguistics 12th Week Discourse and Corpus studies 13th Week Readings in Linguistics 14th Week Readings in Linguistics
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Aksan, Doğan. Her Yönüyle Dil, Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, Ankara: TDK. 1968. Aydın, Mehmet, Dilbilim El Kitabı, İstanbul. 3F. 2007. Gemalmaz, E.(2010). Türkçenin Derin Yapısı, Belen Yayıncılık, Ankara. Kıran, Zeynel, Ayşe Kıran, Dilbilime Giriş, Ankara: Seçkin Yayınları. 2001. Lyons, John, Kuramsal Dilbilime Giriş. Ankara: TDK. 1983. Perrot, J. Dilbilim, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları Üçok, N.( 2004). Genel Dilbilim, Multılıngual, İstanbul. Vardar, B. vd. (1983). XX. Yüzyıl Dilbilimi- Kuramcılardan Seçmeler- Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara. Vardar, B. (2001). Dilbilimin Temel Kavram ve İlkeleri, Multılıngual, İstanbul. Vardar, B. Dilbilim Terimleri Sözlüğü, Multilingual Yabancı Dil Yayınları
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 15 Attendance 1 5 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No