TDDA94	Introduction to Linguistics, 4,5 ECTS-points /Lingvistik, grk/ Advancement level: B
	Aim: The course includes the fundamentals of linguistic theory and Swedish grammar. Prerequisites: Knowledge of Swedish. Supplementary courses: TDDA 86 Computational Linguistics TDDA 99 Cognitive Science Models of Communication Course content: Introduction: What is linguistics? Linguistics and computers. Phonology: The relationship between spoken and written language. Acoustic phenomena. Phonemic analysis, phonotactic structure. Morphology: Inflection, derivation, compounds. Types of morpheme. Morpheme analysis. Quantitative methods. Introduction to grammar: Traditional grammar: word classes, clause analysis, position grammar. Syntax: Syntactic structure: context-free phrase structure grammar and extensions. Semantics och pragmatics: Basic word- and clause semantic concepts and distinctions. Speech Act Theory. Information content. Course literature: Allwood, Jens och Andersson, Lars-Gunnar, Semantik. Guling 1. Göteborgs universitet 1984. Jörgensen, Nils och Svensson, Jan, Nusvensk grammatik, Liber, 1987. Compendium compiled at the Department of Computer and Information Science
TEN1	Written examination, 2,5 p.
UPGA	, 0,5 p.

Course language is swedish.