STUDY SUBJECT PROGRAMME
                  
                 Subject code Subject group       Credits        Subject          Subject         Reg. No.
                                                                 certified   certification valid 
                                                                                   until
                                                                                                       
                   AKL 2004         C        6 ECTS 
                                Part of basic         
                                  studies
                                      
                 Title
                 ANGLŲ LINGVISTIKOS ĮVADAS 
                 Title in English
                 INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
                 Subject annotation in English  
                 This is an introductory course in which students are acquainted with the basic concepts of modern English 
                 linguistics, the main branches of linguistics and methods of analysis. The course offers a survey of the main 
                 aspects  of  the  English  phonetics,  phonology,  morphology,  syntax  and  semantics;  it  introduces  different 
                 approaches to linguistic study and provides the students with the knowledge about modern achievements in 
                 psycholinguistics, language acquisition by children and second language acquisition.
                 Necessary background knowledge for the study of the subject
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                 Study outcomes 
                 The students learn:
                     ● to use the fundamental linguistic terms;
                     ● to apply the main principles of modern linguistics;
                      ● to carry out a basic linguistic analysis of the English sound system, word and sentence structure, 
                         sense relations of words and sentences; 
                     ● to discuss the main aspects of sociolinguistic context and other extralinguistic factors; 
                     ●to explain the essential differences between different branches of linguistics
                      
                 Subject contents 
                 Linguistics as a scientific study of language. Features common to all languages. The main differences 
                 between traditional  grammar  and  modern  linguistics.  The  basic  principles  of  modern  linguistics. 
                 Phonetics: the sound system, stress and intonation. Phonology. Phonemes and allophones. English 
                 phonotactics. Morphology: word structure and word formation. Sentence structure (noun phrase, verb 
                 phrase,  prepositional  phrase).  Semantics:  sense  relations  among  words.  Sentence  meaning.  Brain 
                 and language; language centers; types of aphasias. Children’s language acquisition. Second language 
                 acquisition. Language use in social contexts. Dialects, sociolects and register. Language change.
                  
                 Study hours
                 Lectures –  45 hours 
                 Seminars – 22,5 hours 
                 Individual student assignments  – 92,5 hours
                 Evaluation of study results
                 Mid-term– 30%
                 Individual assignments - 20%
                 Final examination – 50%.
                 Literature
                  
                 Yule.G. 2006. The Study of Language. (3rd ed) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
                 Fromkin V., R. Rodman and N. Hyams. 2007. 8th edition. An Introduction to Language. Thomson Wadsworth.
        O’Grady W., Dobrovolsky, M. and F. Katamba. eds. 1997. . Contemporary Linguistics. London: Longman
        Payne, T. E. (2006). Exploring Language Structure: A Student’s Guide. Cambridge University Press
         
        Programme prepared by
        Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dalia Masaitienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jolanta Lėgaudaitė, Dr. Jūratė Ruzaitė, Department of 
        English Philology.