1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Definition of human language (as opposed to animal communication) and its basic features. Theories concerning the origins of language.Classification of linguistics: branches, disciplines, trends. Traditional and contemporary linguistics. Functions of language. Structural and generative linguistics. Phonetics and phonology of the English language. Morphology: concept and definition of morpheme, types of morphemes, allomorphs. Word formation processes: affixation, derivation, coinage, compounding, blending,
back-formation, conversion. Semantics: semantic features, semantic fields, synonymy and antonymy,
polysemy, homonymy, metonymy. Semantic features of fixed idioms and idiomatic expressions. Word play. Sociolinguistics: accent, dialect, idiolect, sociolect. Style, register, jargon. Psycholinguistics: language and mind. The processes of language acquisition.

1. Yule, G. (1996.). The Study of Language, Second edition, Cambdrige: Cambdridge University Press. (odabrana poglavlja)
   Widdowson, H. G. (1996.) Linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1. Finch, G. (2000.). Linguistics Terms and Concepts, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave.

MODUL 1: Rano učenje stranoga jezika (5. semestar) - Regular studij - Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme in Teacher Education