Introduction to Linguistics II

Course content

Group A - D:
This second part of the two-semester introductory course covers the remaining areas of core linguistics (i.e., semantics and pragmatics) and gives an overview of specialised fields in modern linguistics, introducing historical linguistics, typology, first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and sociolinguistics.
Students will be familiarised with the basic concepts of modern theoretical linguistics as well as different approaches to the study of language and their respective methodology.
The course presents the basic linguistic terminology and provides help in finding and using secondary literature on selected topics.
There are optional tutorials for this lecture. We recommend attending a tutorial as preparation for the exam. Details about tutorials and registration on Stud.IP will be provided in the first session of the lecture.