Modern Linguistic Conceptions

Teaching results

The course focuses on the study of contemporary concepts in linguistics and their position in modern linguistics.
Knowledge:
Upon completion of the course, the student will gain an overview of the trends in modern linguistics with overlap into other disciplines (e.g. semantics, textual linguistics, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmalinguistics, neurolinguistics, and psycholinguistics); he/she will be familiar with the principles of contemporary language functioning at the level of the principles of general linguistics as well as in the case of the specific language under study. He/she is aware of the inherent nature of a system which bears traces of the past and shows a certain degree of fluctuation as a sign that language is constantly evolving. The student understands selected theoretical foundations of the linguistic disciplines.
Competencies:
The student can reflect on the linguistic past and present. Can explain the possibilities of applying the knowledge of branches of linguistics in linguistic communication and in the process of making it more effective.
Skills:
The student can identify and define the current contribution and further potential of the knowledge of branches of linguistics to the investigation of the principles of human language functioning (e.g. processes of speech production and comprehension, processes of acquisition of mother tongue or foreign language). The student is able to apply the acquired knowledge in the production of his/her own linguistic expression in the target language.