Introduction to Linguistics I (Cognitive Science) (course)

The Course

Vorbereitung auf die erste Linguistik-Klausur im ersten Semester des Studiengangs Cognitive Science an der Universität Osnabrück.
Siehe auch Teil 2: Introduction to Linguistics II

The 8 Lessons

1. 1
   

   On Linguistics (14 cards)

   General overview, history.

    
2. 2
   

   History of Linguistics (104 words)

   #Historical and comparative linguistics (18th/19th Century)# - focus on diachrony - language as part of culture - "humanistic" approach - grammar, applied linguistics #Influence of natural science# - Discovery of Sanskrit - "laws" of sound change - 1822 Grimm's law: "Sound shift" of ...

    
3. 3
   

   International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) (39 cards)

   English consonants, vowels and diphthongs.

    
4. 4
   

   Phonetics: Classification of consonants and vowels (8 words)

   

   #Vowels# http://www.mindpicnic.de/media/img/user/andreas-87091-bild7.png http://www.mindpicnic.de/media/img/user/andreas-38529-bild23.png --- #Consonants# http://www.mindpicnic.de/media/img/user/andreas-62710-bild22.png "IPA ...

    
5. 5
   

   Phonetics (48 cards)

   Phonetics is the study of sounds and the human voice (physical aspects). Phonetics deals with the sounds themselves, not with their meaning.

    
6. 6
   

   Phonology (11 cards)

   Phonology studies the way sounds function within a given language (or within different languages).

    
7. 7
   

   Morphology (63 cards)

   Morphology is the study of word structure and of the rules of word-formation.

    
8. 8
   

   Syntax (47 cards)

   Syntax studies the rules that determine how words are combined to phrases and how phrases are combined to sentences.