Mersin University
ENGLISH LINGUISTICS PROGRAM
COURSE OUTLINE
| COURSE INFORMATION | |
| Year | 2014-2015 |
| Semester | Fall |
| Course Code | İDB 221 |
| Course Title | Languages of the World |
| Instructor | Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem KURTOĞLU |
| Office Hours | Friday 14:50 – 16:30 |
| OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE COURSE | |
| The aim of the course is to enable students to explain what all human languages have in common and in what ways they are different, to have an understanding of language families of the world, to place a language geographically or genealogically and to explain why and how languages are dying. | |
| WEEKLY TOPICS | ||
| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT/READING |
| – 16.09.2014 | Introduction, Language Families | Pereltsvaig (1-12) |
| – 23.09.2014 | Indo-European Languages | Pereltsvaig (13-38) |
| – 30.09.2014 | Non-Indo-European Languages of Europe and India | Pereltsvaig (39-63) |
| – 14.10.2014 | Languages of Caucasus | Pereltsvaig (64-85) |
| – 21.10.2014 | Languages of Northern Africa, Middle East and Central Asia | Pereltsvaig (86-104) presentation |
| – 28.10.2014 | Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa | Pereltsvaig (105-123) presentation |
| – 04.11.2014 | Languages of Eastern Asia | Pereltsvaig (124-142) presentation |
| – 11.11.2014 | MID-TERM | MID-TERM |
| – 18.11.2014 | Languages of South Sea Islands | Pereltsvaig (143-165) presentation |
| – 25.11.2014 | Aboriginal languages of Australia and Papua New Guina | Pereltsvaig (166-182) presentation |
| – 02.12.2014 | Native Languages of Americas | Pereltsvaig (183-204) presentation |
| – 09.12.2014 | Macro Families: Afroasiatic, Uralic Altaic, etc. | Pereltsvaig (205-229) presentation |
| – 16.12.2014 | Pidgins, Creoles and Other mixed languages | Pereltsvaig (230-253) presentation |
| – 23.12.2014 | The Extinction of Languages | Nettle & Romaine (1-204); Harrison (1-22) |
| -06.01.2015 | FINAL | FINAL |
| REFERENCES | |
| Textbook(s) | Pereltsvaig, A. (2012). Languages of the World: An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP. |
| Supplementary Reading(s) | Comrie, B. (Ed.) (2009). The World’s Major Languages. New York: Routledge.
Campbell, G. L. (1995). Concise Compendium of the World’s Languages. London: Routledge. Brown, K. & Ogilvie, S. (Eds.) (2009). Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Oxford: Elsevier. Katzner, K. (2002). The Languages of the World. New York: Routledge. Nettle, D. & Romaine, S. (2000). Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World’s Languages. New York: OUP. Harrison, K. D. (2007). When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge. New York: OUP. |
| GRADING | % |
| Mid-Term Exam (16%) + Presentations (24%) | 40 |
| Final | 60 |
| Total | 100 |
| STUDENT REQUIREMENTS |
- It is the student’s responsibility to record and follow his own attendance. (For the percentages, refer to the University’s Education Guide.)
- Students should not enter the classroom after the class has been started.
- Students who do not bring their course materials are not allowed to enter the class.
- Cell phones should be turned off, or set to vibrate for emergency during the class. Camera, tape or video recording is not allowed if not stated otherwise.
- Assignments should be prepared in accordance with the Department’s Assignment, Research Paper and Thesis (A.R.T.) Preparation Guide. (can be accessed from the department’s site; http:www.mersindilbilim.info)
- It is the student’s responsibility to practice the highest standards of academic honesty. Cheating, plagiarism and any other form of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.
- Assignments submitted later than the indicated dates are not accepted. Deadlines should strictly be followed.
- It is the student’s responsibility to obtain missed information from another student, not from the instructor.