• introduce students to the basic aspects of language, theories about its nature, basic linguistic terminology;
• stimulate interest in psychology and cognitive science students in linguistic issues and controversies;
• enable students to acquire practical experience in solving linguistic problems.

• use and understand basic linguistic terminology;
• understand and discuss the main themes and concepts in a number of areas of contemporary linguistics;
• understand and solve linguistic problems.

Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.

Chomsky, Noam (1995),

Language and Nature, In: Mind, vol. 104. No. 413, 1-61.

Fromkin, V. & Rodman, R. (1993),

An Introduction to Language, Fort Worth, Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers.

Gleason, Jean Berko & Ratner, Nan B. (eds) (1993),

Psycholinguistics, Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Lappin, S. (ed.) (1996),

The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory, Oxford: Blackwell.

Harre, R. & Gillert, G. (1994),

The Discursive Mind, London: Sage.

Lyons, J., Coates, R., Deuchar, M., Gazdar, G. (eds) (1987),

New Horizons in Linguistics, Vol. 2. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

Miller, J. & Eimas, P. (eds) (1995),

Speech, Language, and Communication, San Diego: Academic Press.

Osherson, D. & Lasnik, H. (eds) (1990),

Language, (An Invitation in CognitiveScience. Volume 1). Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.

• Chapter 1. What is Linguistics? (ADFH), pp. 5-9.

Additional reading:

• Chapter 1. What is Language. (FR), pp. 3-26.

Topic 2: Structural Linguistics.
Required reading:

• Saussure, F. (1916/83) Course in General Linguistics. London: Duckworth.

Topic 3: Levels of linguistic analysis. Morphology.
Required readings:

• Chapter 2. Morphology: The Words of Language. (FR), pp. 35-65.
• Chapter 2. Morphology: The Study of the Structure of Words. (ADFH), pp. 11-42.

Additional reading:

• Coates, Richard (1987) Lexical Morphology. (LCDG) pp. 96-114.

Topic 4: Phonetics and phonology.
Required readings:

• Chapter 5. Phonetics: The Sounds of Language. (FR), pp. 176-211.
• Chapter 6. Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language. (FR), pp. 216-263.
• Chapter 3. Phonetics: The Study of Speech Sounds. (ADFH), pp. 53-74.
• Chapter 4. Phonology: The Study of Sound Structure. (ADFH), pp. 89-108.

Additional reading:

• Halle, Morris (1990) Phonology. In: Osherson, D. & Lasnik, H. (Eds.) An Inivitation to Cognitive Science. Vol. 1: Language, pp. 43-68.

Topic 5: Syntax.
Required readings:

• Chapter 3. Syntax: The Sentence Patterns of Language. (FR), pp. 72-114.
• Chapter 5. Syntax: The Study of Sentence Structure. (ADFH), pp. 123-149.

Additional reading:

• Lasnik, Howard (19) Syntax. In: Osherson, D. & Lasnik, H. Language: vol. 1 of An Invitation to Cognitive Science, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Book, pp. 5-21.

Topic 6: Semantics.
Required readings:

• Chapter 4. Semantics: The Meanings of Language. (FR), pp. 123-154.
• Chapter 6. Semantics: The Study of Meaning and Denotation. (ADFH), pp. 193-209.

Additional readings:

• Jackendoff, Ray (1996) Semantics and Cognition. In: Lappin, Shalom (ed.) The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 539-559.
• Larson, Richard (1990) Semantics. In: Osherson, D. & Lasnik, H. (Eds.) An Inivitation to Cognitive Science. Vol. 1: Language, pp. 23-42.
• Leech, Geoffrey (1975) Seven Types of Meaning. In: Semantics, pp. 10-27.
• Leech, Geoffrey (1975) Components and Contrasts of Meaning. In: Semantics, pp. 95-125.
• Lyons, John (1987) Semantics. In: Lyons, J. , New Horizons in Linguistics, vol. 2, pp. 152-178.

Topic 7: Seminar I - practical problems.

Topic 8: Pragmatics. Language functions.
Required readings:

• Chapter 4. Semantics: The Meanings of Language. (FR), pp. 158-164.
• Chapter 9. Pragmatics: The Study of Language Use and Communication. (ADFH), pp. 307-348.

Additional readings:

• Searle, J. (1965) What is a Speech Act? In: Language and Social Context (ed. P.P. Giglioli). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, pp. 136-154.
• Clark, Herbert & Bly, B. (1995) Pragmatics and Discourse. In: Miller, J. & Eimas, P. (eds.) Speech, Language, and Communication. San Diego: Academic Press.
• Ferrara, Alessandro (1985) Pragmatics. In: Handbook of Discourse Analysis, vol. 2, pp. 137-157.

Topic 9: Text and discourse.
Required readings:

• Chapter 4. Semantics: The Meanings of Language. (FR), pp. 154-158.
• Clark, Herbert & Bly, B. (1995) Pragmatics and Discourse. In: Miller, J. & Eimas, P. (eds.)
• Speech, Language, and Communication. San Diego: Academic Press.

Additional readings:

• Harre, R. & Gillert, G. (1994) The Discursive Mind. London: Sage.
• Kintsch, Walter (1994) The Psychology of Discourse Processing. In: Handbook of Psycholinguistics. (ed. Gernsbacher, M. A.) San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 721-739.
• van Dijk, Teun A. (1985) Introduction: Levels and Dimensions of Discourse Analysis. (Ch1.) In: Handbook of Discourse Analysis, vol. 2, pp. 1-11.

Topic 10: Language and society.
Required readings:

• Chapter 7. Language in Society. (FR), pp. 275-314
• Chapter 7. Language Variation. (ADFH), pp. 229-237, 249-261.

Additional readings:

• Brown, R. & Gilman, A. (1960) The Pronouns of Power and Solidarity. In: Language and Social Context (ed. P.P. Giglioli). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, pp. 252-282.
• Deuchar, Margaret (1987) Sociolinguistics. In: Lyons, J. , New Horizons in Linguistics, vol. 2, pp. 296-310.

Topic 11: Language change. Universals and typology.
Required reading:

• Chapter 8. Language Change: The Syllables of Time. (FR), pp. 320-356.
• Chapter 8. Language Change. (ADFH), pp. 265-286.

Additional reading:

• Coates, Richard (1987) Historical Linguistics. In: Lyons, J. , New Horizons in Linguistics, vol. 2, pp. 179-199.

Topic 12: Psycholinguistics.
Required reading:

• Chapter 10. Psychology of Language: Speech Production and Comprehension. (ADFH), pp. 355-400.
• Chapter 11. Human Processing: Brain, Mind, and Language. (FR), pp. 450-464.

Additional reading:

• Bloom, Paul (1994) Recent Controversies in the Study of Language Acquisition. In: Handbook of Psycholinguistics. (ed. Gernsbacher, M. A.) San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 741-779.
• Gleason, Jean Berko & Ratner, Nan B. (eds.) (1993) Psycholinguistics. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Topic 13: Language Development: Acquisition and Writing Systems.
Required reading:

• Chapter 10. Language Acquisition. (FR), pp. 393-432.
• Chapter 9. Writing: The ABCs of Language. (FR), pp. 363-385.
• Chapter 11. Language Acquisition in Child and Chimp. (ADFH), pp. 407-423.
• Appendix. The Written Representation of Language. (ADFH), pp. 467-475.

Additional reading:

• Pinker, Steven (1990) Language Acquisition. In: Osherson, D. & Lasnik, H. (Eds.) An Inivitation to Cognitive Science. Vol. 1: Language, pp. 199-242.

Topic 14: Language and brain. Computer processing of language.
Required reading:

• Chapter 11. Human Processing: Brain, Mind, and Language. (FR), pp. 436-250.
• Chapter 12. Computer Processing of Human Language. (FR), pp. 471-491.
• Chapter 12. Language and the Brain. (ADFH), pp. 439-458.

Additional reading:

• Blumstein, Sheila (1995) The Neurobiology of Language. In: Miller, J. & Eimas, P. (eds.) Speech, Language, and Communication. San Diego: Academic Press.
• Dingwall, W. O. (1993) The Biological Bases of Human Communicative Behavior. In: Gleason, J. B. & Ratner, N. B. (eds) Psycholinguistics. (1993) Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
• Zurif, Edgar B. (1990) Language and the Brain. In: Osherson, D. & Lasnik, H. (Eds.) An Inivitation to Cognitive Science. Vol. 1: Language, pp. 177-198.

Topic 15: Seminar II - practical problems and course summary.
Required reading: