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Cross-linguistic approaches to referential density- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Haig
- Angaben
- Seminar
2 SWS, benoteter Schein
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich, Modulstudium, Seminar für das Mastermodul 4 "Sprachwissenschaftliche Methoden" sowie für den Erweiterungsbereich im MA "General Linguistics"
Zeit und Ort: Di 14:15 - 15:45, OK8/02.04
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- The lecture will be in English
- FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 01.04.
- Inhalt
- Languages differ considerably in the extent that they allow certain constituents to be left unexpressed. Most of the research on these differences has focussed on subjects, where a distinction has been drawn between languages that allow subjects to be omitted (e.g. Italian, Turkish), and those that require an overt subject (e.g. English, French). Languages that freely allow the omission of subjects were initially referred to as “pro-drop” languages, though now the term “Referential Null Subject” is preferred. Research on RNS has been primarily undertaken within Generative Syntax, and has focussed on the question of whether the possibility of RNS in a particular language can be linked to other features of that language. Within language typology, attention has been directed towards the possible omission of objects and other arguments, and the differences between different arguments with this respect (Du Bois 1987). Bickel (2003) introduces a general measure of “Referential density”, referring to the extent of overt expression of verbal arguments in actual discourse (rather than individual languages) . In this course we will review the theoretical discussion on Referential Null Subjects, then turn to more general measures of argument omission, and in the final part of the course we will look at discourse data from a variety of different languages, and students will have the opportunity to carry out their own small-scale investigation.
The course requires good knowledge of syntax, willingness to work independently under supervision on language data. Participants will make a presentation on a topic of their choice, and complete a term paper.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- References (selection):
Biberauer, Theresa, Anders Holmberg, Ian Roberts & Michelle Sheehan (eds) . 2010. Parametric Variation: Null subjects in Minimalist Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bickel, Balthasar. 2003. Referential density in discourse and syntactic typology. Language 79(4):708–736.
Du Bois, John W. 1987. The discourse basis of ergativity. Language 63(4):805–855.
Haig, Geoffrey & Stefan Schnell. Submitted. The discourse basis of ergativity revisited.
Newmeyer, Frederick J. 2005. Possible and Probable Languages: A Generative Perspective on Linguistic Typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nicolis, Marco. 2008. The null subject parameter and correlating properties: the case of creole languages. In T. Biberauer (ed.) The limits of syntactic variation. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 271–94.
Huang, Yan. 2000. Anaphora. A cross-linguistic study. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 10
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 10
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
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