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| TDEL5961 | Linguistic movements | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of TURKISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Pelin SEÇKİN | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer UZUN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to enable students to know the contemporary linguistic theories that emerged after the 1950s, to make comparisons between the approaches between the theories, and to evaluate different philosophical foundations such as structuralism and rationalism underlying the approaches. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Have knowledge about language theories and make comparisons between theories. | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Can examine the basic approaches of theories about language. | | 1,2, | | PO - 3 : | Recognize the application areas of linguistics in life. | | 1,5,6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The content of the course consists of an overview of linguistics and history of linguistics, principles of linguistics and traditional grammar, definition, scope, fields of study, methods and relations with other branches of science; branches and types of linguistics, basic concepts and principles; linguistics movements and representatives. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Relationship between language and linguistics; definition and differences of linguistics and grammar
| | | Week 2 | Areas of development of linguistics: Structuralism Ferdinand de Saussure | | | Week 3 | The Prague School and the London Linguistic Circle | | | Week 4 | Copenhagen School of Linguistics | | | Week 5 | Sapir Whorf Conjecture | | | Week 6 | Bloomfield and American Structuralism
| | | Week 7 | Functional Linguistics and Martinet | | | Week 8 | Generative Linguistics Approaches and Chomsky | | | Week 9 |
Midterm Exam
| | | Week 10 | Theories of Speech
| | | Week 11 | Application areas of linguistics: Sociolinguistics | | | Week 12 | Pragmatics | | | Week 13 | Spirit linguistics | | | Week 14 | Translational science | | | Week 15 |
General Evaluation
| | | Week 16 | End Of Semester Exam | | | |
| 1 | Kıran, Z. Kıran, A. 2002; Dil Bilime Giriş, Seçkin Yay. İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Saussure, F. 1985; Genel Dil Bilim Dersleri ( Çev : B. Vardar), Birey- Toplum Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 2 | Toklu, O. 2003; Dil Bilime Giriş, Akçağ Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 3 | Akerson, F.E. 2000; Dile Genel Bir Bakış, Multilingual Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 4 | İlgili Makaleler | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21.11.2025 | 2 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 12.12.2025 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 02.01.2026 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 9 | 2 | 18 | | Arasınav | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Kısa sınav | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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