Course Code: MLL101
Synopsis
This course aims to imbue students with knowledge of general linguistics and its importance as a field of study. This ideal forms the core purpose of this course. Specifically, this course aims to impart knowledge of linguistics to students. Although this course is taught at the introductory level, this course also aims to enthuse and encourage students to take up Malay linguistics at higher levels and enable them to apply this knowledge in their respective work.
Level: 1
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY JAN
Topics
- The Meaning of Linguistics
- The Definition of Linguistics
- Important concepts in the Definition of Linguistics
- Fields of Linguistics
- History of Linguistics
- Current Linguistics Teories
- Structural Linguistics
- Transformational Grammar
- Systemic Functional Grammar
- The Four Features of Language
- The Origin of Language
- Language Families
- Language Typology
Learning Outcome
- List basic linguistic concepts. (B1)
- Define the subdisciplines in linguistics. (B1)
- Discuss key areas in linguistic studies of Malay. (B2)
- Describe how languages work in particular Malay in terms of its phonology, morphology and grammar. (B2)
- Explain the main components of the Malay Language. (B2)
- Illustrate how the different aspects of language components work. (B3)
- Operate key areas of Malay Language research they are particularly interested in. (B3)