Informations du cours
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Unlike other language-related disciplines, linguistics is concerned with describing the structures of languages governed by rules. to determine the extent to which these structures are universal or specific to language, to impose constraints on possible linguistic structures and to explain why there is only a fairly narrow range of possible human languages
Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, dialectology, pragmatics, comparative linguistics, and computational linguistics. This course is based on sociolinguistics and pragmatics. Regarding sociolinguistics, it is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the social spaces that languages occupy. Nevertheless, pragmatics is a branch of linguistics that studies the contextual meaning communicated by a speaker or writer, and interpreted by a listener or reader.
This lecture allows you to familiarize yourself with two branches of linguistics; sociolinguistics and pragmatics in order to understand these two branches.
The lecture also allows you to know the specific characteristics of each branch and how each branch studies the language so that learners can differentiate between these two branches of linguistics.
This course is intended fo third year students.
Objectives of the course:
1-To understand what linguistics is and understand some of its branches.
2- To Distinguish between the branches of linguistics, particularly, sociolinguistics and pragmatics.
3-To understand the most influential theories in linguistics, particularly, those related to first and second language acquisition.
Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, dialectology, pragmatics, comparative linguistics, and computational linguistics. This course is based on sociolinguistics and pragmatics. Regarding sociolinguistics, it is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the social spaces that languages occupy. Nevertheless, pragmatics is a branch of linguistics that studies the contextual meaning communicated by a speaker or writer, and interpreted by a listener or reader.
This lecture allows you to familiarize yourself with two branches of linguistics; sociolinguistics and pragmatics in order to understand these two branches.
The lecture also allows you to know the specific characteristics of each branch and how each branch studies the language so that learners can differentiate between these two branches of linguistics.
This course is intended fo third year students.
Objectives of the course:
1-To understand what linguistics is and understand some of its branches.
2- To Distinguish between the branches of linguistics, particularly, sociolinguistics and pragmatics.
3-To understand the most influential theories in linguistics, particularly, those related to first and second language acquisition.
- Dr.: Amel BENBOUYA
- Non-editing teacher: MAOUCHE Roza