Specialisation Classes: Linguistics/Applied Linguistics 2 340-AT2-2JCS2

profile: general academic
mode: full-time
type: obligatory elective (M_3)
area and discipline: humanities, linguistics
year of study: I, II , sem. I, II, IIII, IV
Students are expected to take active part in discussions based on selected readings, and to make attempts to solve linguistic problems using the tools they have been shown to during the course.
Prior knowledge/skills required: fundamentals about linguistics, ability to collect and analyse linguistic data, plus essential academic skills.
Total ECTS credits: 14
Students’ workload balance:
- Participation in classes: 150 h
- self-study and preparation: 50h
- Consultations: 75h
- Test and preparation: 10+12=22h
Quantitative indicators:
- Student’s workload connected with classes which require assistance from the teacher: 150+75+10=235h 9 ECTS
- Student’s workload connected with participation in practical classes: 200h 8 ECTS

Term 2022:

The objective of the course is to introduce main dialects of English language.
During the course students analyze texts and recordings, and focus on the differences concerning pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar structures.
Students are introduced to elements of ethymology and history of English language. On the basis of recordings, written texts and dialect maps students learn about characteristics of particular dialects.
Students are expected to take active part in discussions and attempt to analyza processes occuring in particular dialects currently and in the past, as well as try to formulate hypotheses about possible further changes in the future. During the course, students interpret the data and draw conclusions.

Term 2023:

1. Introduction: The norm (RP, GA, EE), the error, the division of errors
2. EE as the new evolving norm; characterictics
3. The assimilation processes in Polish vs assimilation in English
4. The errors made by Polish learners due to voice (voicing, devoicing etc)
5. The selected errors made by Polish learners due to the place of articulation
6. The selected errors made by Polish learners due to the manner of articulation
7. Assimilation In English
8. The defition and notion of 'syllable'; structure, phonotactic constraints
9. A critical assessment of phonetic exercises in the English coursebooks

Term 2024:

Prerequisites (description)

Students should have prior knowledge on the fundamentals of linguistics, phonetics and grammar.

Course coordinators

Term 2024:

Agnieszka Jelska-Cydzik

Term 2022:

Anna Sańczyk-Cruz

Term 2023:

Agnieszka Jelska-Cydzik

Type of course

Term 2024:

(in Polish) specjalizacyjne
obligatory courses

General:

obligatory courses

Term 2022:

(in Polish) specjalizacyjne
obligatory courses

Term 2023:

obligatory courses
(in Polish) specjalizacyjne

Requirements

Descriptive Grammar of the English Language: Morphology, Syntax and Semantics
Cognitive Linguistics
PEL practical phonetics

Mode

(in Polish) w sali

Learning outcomes

K_W01, K_W05, K_W08
K_W02
K_W03, K_W04
K_W06, K_U01, K_U02, K_U11, K_U12
K_U03, K_U04, K_U08, K_U09, K_U1
K_U05, K_U06, K_U07
K_U13, K_K01, K_K02, K_K03

Assessment criteria

Assessment forms:
- brief presentation
- active participation in discussions
- written test
- written assignments
-continuos assessment
- self-evaluation
crediting: end-of-semester.

Bibliography

1. Freeborn, Dennis, Peter French and David Langford. Varieties of English. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 1993.
2. Hewings, Martin. English Pronunciation in Use Advanced. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007
3. Hughes, Arthur and Peter Trudgill. English Accents and Dialects. Oxon: Routlege, 2013
4. Onions, C. T. , G. W. S. Friedrichsen and R. W. Burchfield. The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966
5. Trudgill, Peter. Dialects. Oxon: Routlege, 2004
6. Trudgill, Peter. The Dialects of England. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990
7. Wells, J. C. Accents of English, 3 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Term 2023:

1. Gimson AC. An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English, Hodder & Stoughton, 1992.
2. Miatliuk, Hanna, A Guide to Theoretical Phonetics, Wydawnictwo UwB, 2000.
3. Roach, Peter, English Phonetics and Phonology, CUP, 1990.
4. Sobkowiak, Włodzimierz, English Phonetics for Poles, Bene Nati, 1996.
5. Szpyra-Kozłowska J. i W. Sobkowiak, Workbook in English Phonetics, Wydawnictwo UMCS, 2002
6. Wierzchowska, Bożena, Fonetyka i Fonologia Języka Polskiego, Wydawnictwo PAN, 1980.
7. Wiśniewski, Marek, Zarys Fonetyki i Fonologii Współczesnego Języka Polskiego, Wydawnictwo UMK, 1998.

Term 2024:

Notes

Term 2022:

Students are assessed on the basis of their active participation during the course, completing tasks and doing exercises. They also prepare presentations on given topics.

Term 2023:

None

Term 2024:

None

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