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LING10040

Academic Year 2024/2025

Words and Sentences (LING10040)

Subject:
Linguistics
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Jamal Ouhalla
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module focuses on the processes by which natural language constructs words (Morphology), phrases and sentences (Syntax). The content is formal in nature and involves a substantial amount of abstraction aimed at capturing underlying patterns of distribution, the formulation of grammatical rules and the representation of structures in the form of diagrams, in addition to related technical terminology.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to recognise and explain patterns of distribution;
apply the techniques of linguistic analysis and problem-solving (data analysis); represent word, phrase and sentence structures in the form of visually friendly diagrams; appreciate and manipulate the various types of rules of word, phrase and sentence formation; appreciate and manipulate relevant technical terminology.

Indicative Module Content:

Lexicon: the building blocks of language
Morphology: morphemic analysis (of complex words); classification of morphemes; word structure and derivation
Syntax: constituent analysis (of phrases and sentences); phrase and sentence structure; sentence derivation involving transformational rules
General: Theory construction and natural language modelling; evidence-based reasoning

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Tutorial

3
Autonomous Student Learning

73
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module's teaching and learning are based on the strategy of learning-by-doing. It relies heavily on in-lecture problem-sets and collective feedback on them. Assessment is mostly based on problem-sets.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

None


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Problem sets Week 6 Graded No
30
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Problem sets Week 11 Graded No
70
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Core textbook:
Title: An Introduction to Language
Authors: V. Fromkin, R. Rdoman and N. Hyams
Edition: 7th
Publisher: Thompson and Heinle

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 09:00 - 09:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 09:00 - 09:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 2 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 33 Wed 13:00 - 13:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 3 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 Wed 10:00 - 10:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 4 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 33 Thurs 10:00 - 10:50
Spring Tutorial Offering 5 Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 33 Thurs 11:00 - 11:50
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