1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Seminar	30

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

Insight into the nature of human language. Knowledge of basic linguistic concepts and essential terminology. Ability to apply such knowledge and understanding to the solution of simple problems of familiar nature. Ability to follow other linguistic courses in undergraduate study programme in English Language and Literature.

1. After completing this course, the students will be able to:
   - explain the basic concepts and theoretical principles of contemporary linguistics
2. - describe and explain basic features and origins of language;
3. - define the basic tenets of different linguistic disciplines and directions in linguistics;
4. - describe the structure of the English language at all levels of linguistic analysis;
5. - describe the basic features of first and second language acquisition processes.

1. The Study of Language (8th edition), Yule, G., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
2. Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics (2nd edition), Finch, G., Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
3. Linguistics., Widdowson, H. G., Oxford: Oxford University Press., 1996.

Mandatory course - Regular studij - English Language and Literature