The course "Introduction to Linguistics" presents a general introduction to linguistics. It offers some key concepts in modern linguistics. This course allows you to (1) understand the term 'linguistics' and the scientific steps required in any linguistic study, (2) to discover the definition of language and its characteristics, (3) to differentiate between human language and animal language, (4) to determine the main branches of linguistics, and (5) to distinguish between transactional language and interactional language.