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Overview on basic concepts of linguistics, basic knowledge of elements and levels of language(s), increased language awareness, insight in the basic mechanisms of communication.

This course gives an overview on essential definitions of language, introduces some basic theories of the linguistic sign, discusses the history of modern linguistics and explains the levels of language: study of sounds (phonetics/phonology), study of shape (morphology) and sentences (syntax), textual grammar as well as theories of meaning (semantics) and language use in communication (pragmatics). Numerours examples from diverse languages will illustrate the phenomena discussed with a focus on German, English, French, Russian and Latin.

Lecture, assessment is based on a single examination at the end of the course.

Course examination according to § 7, statute section on "study-law regulations"

Will be discussed in the first lesson.