Linguistics
Code: 101725 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500893 Speech therapy | FB | 1 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Io Salmons Llussa
- Email:
- Io.Salmons@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Other comments on languages
All course materials are in Catalan, but students are free to use the language they feel more comfortable with when doing the tests and other activities.Prerequisites
It is advisable to be able to read in English to have access to the linguistic literature.
Objectives and Contextualisation
This Linguistics course has the goal to introduce students to the scientific study of language. A more specific goal of the course is to offer some basic knowledge concerning the main theoretical and conceptual tools of linguistic analysis in order for students to be able to follow in the future more specialized courses within the program dealing with certain specific aspects concerning the linguistic behavior of speakers suffering from some pathology associated to language.
Competences
- Analyse and synthesise information.
- Evaluate the scientific production that supports speech therapists’ professional development.
- Express oneself fluently, coherently and suitably following established norms, both orally and in writing.
- Integrate the foundations of biology (anatomy and physiology), psychology (evolutionary processes and development), language and teaching as these relate to speech-therapy intervention in communication, language, speech, hearing, voice and non-verbal oral functions.
- Organise and plan with the aim of establishing a plan for development within a set period.
- Understand, integrate and relate new knowledge deriving from autonomous learning.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse and synthesise.
- Analyse the phonetic, morphological, syntactic and semantic structure of language.
- Explain the linguistic description of oral and written language production in scientific publications.
- Express oneself fluently, coherently and suitably following established norms, both orally and in writing.
- Organise and plan with the aim of establishing a plan for development within a set period.
- Understand, integrate and relate new knowledge deriving from autonomous learning.
- Use linguistic terminology correctly.
Content
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Methodology
The teaching methodology combines theoretical sessions with problem resolution and other kinds of teaching activities.
The proposed teaching and assessment methodologies may experience some modifications because of the restrictions on face-to-face learning imposed by the health authorities. The teaching staff will use the Moodle classroom or the usual communication channel to specify whether the different directed and assessment activities are to be carried out on site or online, as instructed by the faculty.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Discussion of practical work | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 2, 6, 4, 7 |
| Theoretical sessions | 40.5 | 1.62 | 2, 6, 3, 4, 7 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials and problem solving | 43.5 | 1.74 | 4 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Search of information and study | 50 | 2 | 1, 6, 3, 4, 5 |
Assessment
Evaluation will be continuous and the final mark of the course will be determined by the outcome of three assessment activities:
- Ev1 - Face-to-face individual written test corresponding approximately to half of the syllabus of the course and with a value of the 35% of the final mark.
- Ev2 - Face-to-face individual written test corresponding approximately to half of the syllabus of the course and with a value of the 35% of the final mark.
- Ev3 - Practical sessions: during these sessions, students will be required to solve some practical exercises individually. At the end of the course, the arithmetic mean of the practical exercises will be calculated. The resulting value will correspond, at most, to the 30% of the final mark.
These are the only three assessment activities taken into consideration to calculate the final qualification of the course. A mark of zero will be given for each assessment activity not taken. Students will successfully complete this course by getting an overall grade of 5 or higher. At the time of each assessment activity, information will be provided on the procedure and the date for reviewing the grades.
Students who have submitted assessment evidences with a weight equal or greater than 40% of the total grade of the course could not be considered as ‘non-assessable’.
In order to sit the reassessment exam, it is necessary to have delivered a set of assessment evidences whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of the 2/3 of the total grading of the course. Reassessment will consist of a final exam covering all the contents of the syllabus. The mark of this exam will be the final qualification of the course. Students will successfully complete this course by getting an overall grade of 5 or higher.
No unique final synthesis test for students who enrol for the second time or more is anticipated.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a 0 (zero) for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a 0 (zero) as the final grade for this subject. (Pautes d’avaluació de les titulacions de la Facultat de Psicologia 2021-22. Aprovat en Comissió Acadèmica el 19 d’abril de 2021. https://www.uab.cat/doc/DOC_Pautes_Avaluacio_FP_2020).
Any student with problems to understand the written exams in Catalan may request the translation to Spanish formally to the teaching team by the week 4 of the semester at the latest. (Criteris de traducció de proves d’avaluació, Facultat de Psicologia. Aprovats en Junta Permanent de la Facultat de Psicologia el 25 d’abril de 2016.https://www.uab.cat/doc/DOC_Criteris_proves_avaluacio_2021).
The evaluation criteria for degree courses in the Faculty of Psychology are available at: https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ev1 – Written test | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 6 |
| Ev2 – Written test | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 6 |
| Ev3 – Practical sessions | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 7 |
Bibliography
BASIC REFERENCES
Fromkin, V. (2000). Linguistics. An introduction to linguistic theory. Oxford: Blackwell.
OTHER REFERENCES
Balari, S. i Gavarró, A. (2007). Bases biològiques del llenguatge. Bellaterra: Publicacions de la UAB.
Bonet, E. (1998). Fonologia catalana. Barcelona: Ariel Lingüística.
Bosque, I. i J. Gutiérrez-Rexach (2009). Fundamentos de sintaxis formal. Madrid: Ediciones Akal.
Brown, K. (ed.) (2006). Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Guasti, M.T. (2002). Language acquisition. The growth of grammar. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Fromkin, V., Rodman, R. i Hyams, N. (2011). An introduction to language (9a ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Hauser, M. D., Chomsky, N., i Fitch, W. T. (2002). The faculty of language: what is it, who has it, and how did it evolve? Science, 298, 1569-1579.
Larson, R. (2010) Grammar as Science. Cambridge, Mass. & London: The MIT Press.
Radford, A., M. Atkinson, D. Britain, H. Clahsen i A. Spencer (1999) Linguistics. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Software
No aplicable