教學大綱 Syllabus

科目名稱：類型語言學

Course Name: Linguistic Typology
  • 學年學期：113-1 Fall Semester, 2024
  • 科目代碼：555789001 Course No.555789001

修別：選

Type of Credit: Elective

3.0

學分數

Credit(s)

20

預收人數

Number of Students

課程資料Course Details
  • 開課單位：語言碩一、語言博一、語言碩二、語言博二 Course Department:Institute of Linguistics/G/1&2
  • 授課老師：戴智偉 Instructor: DE BUSSER RIK LOUIS JOSE
  • 先修科目：無Prerequisite(N/A)
  • 上課時間：二234 Session: tue09-12

課程簡介Course Description

This course introduces students to the field of linguistic typology, the comparative study of the similarities and differences between the world’s languages in terms of their structure and function. It will give a broad overview of linguistic phenomena and how these how these are realized in languages across the world. For instance, how do different languages express that an event happened in the past? How do nouns behave grammatically in languages across the world? Do all languages have words for expressing and or or? This course will have a focus on morphology and syntax. Typical topics include the nature of word classes, predicate-argument structure from a cross-linguistic perspective, and clause types in languages across the world.

Each week’s class consists of a theory section (1.5~2 hours) and a practice section (1~1.5 hours). The first part is a theoretical discussion of a core topic in linguistic typology, with illustrations of languages across the world. In the second part, you will attempt to analyze unseen languages and we will compare and discuss your analyses in class.

This class is taught in English. This class requires a basic knowledge of linguistics.

核心能力分析圖 Core Competence Analysis Chart

能力項目說明

    課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

    After this course:

    • You will have acquired the skills to conduct analyses of common and uncommon morphosyntactic phenomena in a large variety of languages
    • You will be able to incorporate this knowledge to comparative studies of languages across the world
    • You will have the necessary knowledge about grammatical structures to conduct linguistic fieldwork, language documentation of lesser known languages, typological studies, and large-scale comparative linguistic studies.

    This is a useful precursor course for the courses Linguistic Fieldwork and Austronesian Languages.

    每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

    教學週次Course Week 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type

     

    Week

    Content and readings

    Activities

    Estimated work load
    (incl. hours in class)

    1

    Preliminaries

    Lecture

    3

    2

    Word classes

    Lecture, required reading, homework

    7

    3

    Phrase structure and clause structure

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    4

    Noun phrases

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    5

    Simple verb phrases

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    6

    Predicate-argument structure (part 1)

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    7

    Predicate-argument structure (part 2)

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    8

    Valency-changing derivations

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    9

    Midterm exams

    Lecture, midterm exam

    5

    10

    Complex verb phrases

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    11

    Relative clauses

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    12

    Complex clauses

    Lecture, discussion, required reading, homework

    7

    13

    Clause types

    Lecture, discussion, required reading

    7

    14

    (To be determined)

    Lecture, discussion, required reading

    7

    15

    Linguistic typology

    Lecture, discussion, required reading

    7

    16

    Problem solving

    Lecture, discussion, final exam

    7

    17

    Final exams

    Final exam

    7

    18

    Evaluation

    Self-study

    3

    The subject of Week 14 will be determined in consultation with the students.

    授課方式Teaching Approach

    40%

    講述 Lecture

    30%

    討論 Discussion

    0%

    小組活動 Group activity

    0%

    數位學習 E-learning

    30%

    其他： Others: 獨立研究

    評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria

    Preparation and participation in class: 40%
    Weekly exercises: 40%
    Take-home exam (analysis of a linguistic problem): 20%

    • Students are expected to actively participate in class. You will partly be assessed on your ability to discuss linguistic problems in a constructive and creative manner.
    • Students are expected to make and hand in weekly exercises relevant to the materials discussed in class.
    • The final exam is a more comprehensive analysis of a linguistic problem, or a paper on a topic of your own choice.
    • In the evaluation of exercises and the exam, theoretical argumentation is much more important than whether you get an exercise ‘right’ or not. In fact, some exercises might not even have a correct solution, like real-world linguistic problems, which might not have a single correct answer. It is therefore important that you use the theoretical knowledge you acquired during class to argue your analysis, rather than just simply giving an answer to a question.

    Grading scale

     

    100-90

    89-
    85

    80-
    84

    79-
    77

    76-
    73

    72-
    70

    69-
    67

    66-
    63

    62-
    60

    59-
    50

    49-
    1

    0

    Rank

    A+

    A

    A-

    B+

    B

    B-

    C+

    C

    C-

    D

    E

    X

    GP

    4.3

    4

    3.7

    3.3

    3.0

    2.7

    2.3

    2.0

    1.7

    1.0

    0.0

    0.0

    Undergraduate pass threshold: 60 (C-)

    Graduate pass threshold: 70 (B-)

    指定/參考書目Textbook & References

    Below is a set of general reference works. A more complete list will be made available at the beginning of the semester through the online learning system.

    Comrie, Bernard. 1989. Language Universals and Linguistic Typology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    Dixon, Robert M. W. 2010. Basic Linguistic Theory, Volume 2: Grammatical Topics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Dryer, Matthew S. & Martin Haspelmath (eds.). 2011. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library. http://wals.info  

    Payne, Thomas E. 1997. Describing Morphosyntax. A Guide for Field Linguists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Shopen, Timothy. 2007. Language Typology and Syntactic Description, 2nd Edition (3 vol.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

    Velupillai, Viveka. 2012. An Introduction to Linguistic Typology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

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