Grammar in discourse: working with Multi-CAST

Dozent/in:

Geoffrey Haig

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich, Übung für das Mastermodul 4 "Sprachwissenschaftliche Methoden" (2-4 ECTS) im MA "General Linguistics"

Termine:

Di, 16:15 - 17:45, OK8/02.04
Beginn in der zweiten Semesterwoche am 24.10.2017

Linguistic Fieldwork: Bahdini Kurdish

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Geoffrey Haig, Baydaa Mustafa

Angaben:

Seminar, 4 SWS, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, OK8/02.04
Di, 10:15 - 11:45, OK8/02.04

Research colloquium

Dozent/in:

Geoffrey Haig

Angaben:

Kolloquium, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 6, Kolloquium für das Forschungsmodul im MA "General Linguistics"

Termine:

Mo, 16:15 - 17:45, OK8/02.04
Vorbesprechung in der zweiten Semesterwoche am 23.10.2017

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

• The colloquium will be in English
• FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 01.10.

Inhalt:

The colloquium is primarily aimed at graduate students (MA and PhD candidates) who are working on a thesis, or are developing their research questions. Students will be expected to present their work, and engage with the other participants and the lecturer in discussions of key concepts in method and theory. The first meeting will be on October 24th, when we will lay down the schedule for the term. Please contact the lecturer via email if you wish to attend, and give an indication of your research interests.

The colloquium is also open to interested linguists of all backgrounds who wish to participate in general exchange of ideas, and we may, depending on the programme, also be able to incorporate additional presentations; please check with the lecturer beforehand.

The languages and linguistics of the Middle East

Dozent/in:

Geoffrey Haig

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 10, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich, Seminar für das Vertiefungsmodul (8 ECTS) im BA-NF "Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft" sowie Seminar für das Mastermodul 2 "Sprachvariation und Sprachwandel" (8 ECTS) im MA "General Linguistics" und das Mastermodul "PLing1" im Elite-MA "Kulturwissenschaften des Vorderen Orients"

Termine:

Di, 14:15 - 15:45, U11/00.22
Beginn in der zweiten Semesterwoche am 24.10.2017

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

• The lecture will be in English
• FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 10.10.

ECTS-Informationen

• im Vertiefungsmodul: 8 ECTS, Hausarbeit mit einem Mindestumfang von 14 Seiten
• im Mastermodul 2 (8 ECTS) gilt ebenfalls eine benotete schriftliche Hausarbeit (Umfang nach Absprache) als Leistungsnachweis

Inhalt:

This course presents an overview of the linguistic context of today’s Middle East, and lays down the conceptual framework for analysing linguistic diversity in the region. The first part introduces the early history of the region, before introducing the three main language groups currently spoken there: Turkic, Semitic (presented by Prof. Lutz Edzard), and Iranian. The concept of ‘language family’ and ‘genetic relatedness’ will be exemplified using data from these languages, and contrasted with the concepts of ‘typological similarity’, and ‘areal convergence’.
We will also look at some of the lesser-known languages of the region, including Domari (Indo-Aryan) and Laz (Kartvelian), which do not belong to the three main groups.
The second part considers different empirical approaches to the linguistics of the Middle East, illustrated with selected case-studies:

• Language contact
• Language policy and language ideologies in emergent nation states
• Language documentation
• Variationist sociolinguistics

Students will be required to hold an oral presentation (20 mins.) on a topic to be selected in consultation with the instructor, and to submit a term paper.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Haig, Geoffrey. 2017. Western Asia: East Anatolia as a transition zone. In: Hickey, Raymond (ed.) The Cambridge handbook of areal linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 396-423.
Hetzron, Robert. 2013. The Semitic languages. London: Routledge. Johanson, Lars & Éva Csató (eds.). 2006. The Turkic languages. London: Routledge.
Thomason, Sarah. 2001. Language contact. An introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Windfuhr, Gernot (ed.). 2009. The Iranian languages. London: Routledge.