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Linguistic Typology

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Course ID:	3020-BA2TJE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.302 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0232) Literature and linguistics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Linguistic Typology
Name in Polish:	Typologia języków
Organizational unit:	Department of General Linguistics, Sign Language Linguistics and Baltic Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Filologia bałtycka - minimum programowe (3020...) (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla II roku filologii bałtyckiej - studia 1-go stopnia
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Requirements:	General linguistics 3020-11B1JO
Prerequisites (description):	Completed course in General linguistics
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The course presents fundamentals of linguistic typology. During the first part of the course classic approaches to typology are discussed, including phonological, morphological and syntactical typology. During the second part of the course new approaches are discussed, including lexical and semantic typology and semantically based syntactic typology.
Full description:	The course addresses the issue of the role of typology in general lingustics. The first part of the course presents classical typological concepts and resulting language types, including: Typologies of phonological systems: consonantal and vocalic languages, prosodic typology (tone and stress languages, typology of stress patterns) Morphological typology: synthetic and analytical languages, inflectional languages; agglutinative vs. amalgamating languages; affix positions, formative types, words and clitics Typology of grammatical categories: nominal categories including gender, class and case; verbal categories including tense, aspect, mood and voice Syntactic typology: word order in clauses and in groups; centrifugal and centripetal languages; configurational and non-configurational languages; nominative and ergative languages Other typological classifications: subject-driven, topic-driven, focus-driven and topic-focus boundary driven languages. Typologies of specific constructions: possession, verbs of movement, secondary predication Lexical and semantic typology: color terms, dimension terms, kinship terms.
Bibliography:	1. Tadeusz Milewski, Językoznawstwo, (dział: Językoznawstwo typologiczne) 2. Renata Grzegorczykowa, Wstęp do językoznawstwa (rozdział: Elementy językoznawstwa typologicznego) 3. Adam Weinsberg, Językoznawstwo ogólne (rozdział: Typologia języków) 4. Joseph Greenberg, Rola typologii w rozwoju nauki o języku (w: H. Kurkowska, A. Weinsberg (red.) Językoznawstwo strukturalne, str. 229-242 5. Witold Maciejewski, O przestrzeni w języku. Studium typologiczne z językiem polskim w centrum. 8. Hans Christian Luschoetzky, Zarys typologii języków 9. WALS (World Atlas of Linguistic Structures (on-line)
Learning outcomes:	At the end of this course the student: Is aware of phonological, grammatical and lexical diversities among languages Is capable of analyzing phonological, morphological and syntactic phenomena in specific language (given their adequate description) Understands the relations between phonology, morphology and syntax in diverse languages. Can place Polish and Baltic languages in typological classifications and understands the implications of typological classification of a language K_W06, K_W08, K_U07
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written essay Final grade

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU KON W TH FR
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 5 places more information
Coordinators:	Alicja Kitlasz, Jadwiga Linde-Usiekniewicz, Joanna Tabor-Książyk
Group instructors:	Jadwiga Linde-Usiekniewicz
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable
Type of class:	Seminar, 30 hours, 5 places more information
Coordinators:	Alicja Kitlasz, Jadwiga Linde-Usiekniewicz, Joanna Tabor-Książyk
Group instructors:	Jadwiga Linde-Usiekniewicz
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Grading Seminar - Grading

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