English Linguistics Research Seminar

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Julia Schlüter, Ole Schützler

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Fr, 10:00 - 12:00, U9/01.11
Einzeltermin am 21.12.2017, 18:00 - 20:00, U9/01.11

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Anmeldung über FlexNow vom 25.09.2017, 10:00 Uhr bis zum 19.10.2017, 23:59 Uhr.
Abmeldung über FlexNow vom 25.09.2017, 10:00 Uhr bis zum 30.10.2017, 23:59 Uhr.

Modules:
Modul: BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft, Übung (Betreuungsübung zur BA-Arbeit, 2 ECTS)
Modul: MA English and American Studies (ONLY IF MASTER'S THESIS IS WRITTEN IN LINGUISTICS): Profile Module English Linguistics, Übung (2 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Übung (2 ECTS)

Anforderung für den Erhalt eines Scheins:
Project/conference/book report

Inhalt:

This seminar is designed for advanced students. One aim is to provide a forum for the preparation and discussion of projects such as BA theses, Master s theses, Staatsarbeiten and PhD projects. We will thus discuss empirical and methodological issues relevant to such studies. Secondly, there will be hands-on presentations of the new research facilities for English linguist(ic)s at Bamberg University, the focus being on the variety of newly acquired English text collections. A third goal is to discuss current trends in linguistics, which will involve discussion of recent and forthcoming publications as well as conference and book reports. Where appropriate, additional meetings with individual subgroups of the class will be offered.

English Phonetics and Phonology B

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Mo, 14:15 - 15:45, U11/00.16

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

General organization

1. Modules:
Lehramt GY modularisiert: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/MS/RS modularisiert (Studienbeginn bis SS 2012): Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/MS/RS modularisiert (Studienbeginn ab WS 2012/13): Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
European Joint Master's Degree in English and American Studies: Compulsory Subject English Linguistics Mastermodule Übung (2 ECTS)
Erasmus/Visiting Students: Übung (2 ECTS)
B.Sc. BWL mit DWPF Englisch: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)

2. Prerequisites:
Enrolment

3. Registration and Deregistration:

Registration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 19 October 2017, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 30 October 2017, 23:59h.

Students who register for more than one course will lose their right to participate in any one of the courses. Multiple registration is allowed for the waiting list only.

The number of participants is limited to 15.

For students moving to Bamberg from other universities, ERASMUS students and those who urgently need the credit, a limited number of places will be reserved for late registration. In case of overbooking, please contact the lecturer concerning your admission to the course.

4. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
2 ECTS: regular active participation in class + final exam

5. Language of instruction:
English

Inhalt:

This course is concerned with central aspects of phonetics and basic phonological concepts. It will provide a description and classification of speech sounds together with a discussion of all English vowels, semi-vowels and consonants. Particular attention will be paid to the problems German learners have with English pronunciation. Students will learn to use the IPA system to transcribe English texts, including the use of strong and weak forms, lexical and syntactic stress. Core readings and texts for transcription will be made available on the Virtual Campus after each session.

Empfohlene Literatur:

• Jones, Daniel (2011) "Introduction." English Pronouncing Dictionary. 18th edition, edited by Peter Roach, Jane Setter and John Esling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. vi-xix.

• Plag, Ingo, Maria Braun, Sabine Lappe and Mareile Schramm (2009) "1. The sounds: phonetics." and "2. The sound system: phonology." Introduction to English Linguistics. 2nd, revised edition. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 1-69.

English Phonetics and Phonology C

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 2

Termine:

Di, 10:15 - 11:45, U5/02.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

General organization

1. Modules:
Lehramt GY modularisiert: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS modularisiert (Studienbeginn bis SS 2012): Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
Lehramt GS/HS/MS/RS modularisiert (Studienbeginn ab WS 2012/13): Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)
European Joint Master's Degree in English and American Studies: Compulsory Subject English Linguistics Mastermodul Übung (2 ECTS)
Erasmus/Visiting Students: Übung (2 ECTS)
B.Sc. BWL mit DWPF Englisch: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft Übung (2 ECTS)

2. Prerequisites:
Enrolment

3. Registration and Deregistration:

Registration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 19 October 2017, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 30 October 2017, 23:59h.

Students who register for more than one course will lose their right to participate in any one of the courses. Multiple registration is allowed for the waiting list only.

The number of participants is limited to 15.

For students moving to Bamberg from other universities, ERASMUS students and those who urgently need the credit, a limited number of places will be reserved for late registration. In case of overbooking, please contact the lecturer concerning your admission to the course.

4. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
2 ECTS: regular active participation in class + final exam

5. Language of instruction:
English

Inhalt:

This course is concerned with central aspects of phonetics and basic phonological concepts. It will provide a description and classification of speech sounds together with a discussion of all English vowels, semi-vowels and consonants. Particular attention will be paid to the problems German learners have with English pronunciation. Students will learn to use the IPA system to transcribe English texts, including the use of strong and weak forms, lexical and syntactic stress. Core readings and texts for transcription will be made available on the Virtual Campus after each session.

Empfohlene Literatur:

• Jones, Daniel (2011) "Introduction." English Pronouncing Dictionary. 18th edition, edited by Peter Roach, Jane Setter and John Esling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. vi-xix.

• Plag, Ingo, Maria Braun, Sabine Lappe and Mareile Schramm (2009) "1. The sounds: phonetics." and "2. The sound system: phonology." Introduction to English Linguistics. 2nd, revised edition. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 1-69.

Investigating World Englishes

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Seminar/Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8, Kultur und Bildung

Termine:

Do, 10:15 - 11:45, U11/00.16
In the second week of term, MA students as well as BA/Lehramt students in their Vertiefungsmodul are expected to take part in an introduction to research methods (unless they have already participated in the Übung “Methods and Theories in Linguistics”). Thus, these participants are required to reserve the following times and dates: Mo, 23 October 2017, 8–10 h OR 10–12 h OR 12–14 h AND Thu, 26 October 2017, 8–14 h OR Fri, 27 October 2017, 8–14 h. To coordinate course dates and times, please register for the following Virtual Campus course by 19 October at the latest and take part in the survey you will find there: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=24101 You will receive notice of the time slots you have been allotted on 20 October.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

General organization
1. Modules:

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY modularisiert: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY modularisiert: Wahlpflichtmodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft bei Kombination mit dem Fach Russisch Seminar (6 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Master Module English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Profile Module English Linguistics I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Consolidation Module English Linguistics I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (max. 8 ECTS)

2. Registration and Deregistration:

Registration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 19 October 2017, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 30 October 2017, 23:59h.

For students transferring to the University of Bamberg, for Erasmus students and for those who need the credit to register for their upcoming final exams a few places will be reserved. If the course is fully booked please contact the lecturer personally.

3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:

4 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation
5/6/8 ECTS in MA English and American Studies Consolidation Module English Linguistics I/II/III: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + oral exam
5 ECTS in other programmes or modules: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + assignment of 2500-3500 words
6 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 3000-4000 words
8 ECTS BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik Vertiefungsmodul: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 3500-4500 words
8 ECTS in other programmes or modules, and visiting students: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 4500-6000 words

4. Language of instruction:

English

Inhalt:

This advanced seminar starts out from models of World Englishes such as Kachru’s Concentric Circles Model (1985) and Schneider’s Dynamic Model of the evolution of Postcolonial Englishes (2007). We will explore the historical basis for the world-wide expansion of English and the sociolinguistic outcomes in countries where English serves as a first or second language today.
The main focus will be on the morphosyntactic properties of first- and second-language varieties of English. Drawing on the unique interactive online resource eWAVE (The Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English) and accompanying material (Kortmann & Lunkenheimer 2013), we will portray the sociolinguistic background of selected national varieties of English (e.g. British, Irish, American, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, Singaporean, Malaysian, Philippine, Hong Kong, Jamaican, South African, Nigerian, Kenyan and Tanzanian English) and survey nonstandard features specific to or shared by them. The bulk of our work will be devoted to an attempt to substantiate expert assessments of the kind that have entered the eWAVE survey by carrying out our own quantitative research on currently available multivarietal text corpora, in particular the International Corpus of English (ICE) and the corpus of Global Web-based English (GloWbE).
On the theoretical level, we will gain insights into the dynamics of language contact, language change, convergence/divergence, English as a Lingua Franca, globalization, registers of language use, standardization, nativization, identity construction and linguistic universals.
The Übung that accompanies the Seminar (Thursdays, 9:15 – 10:00h, U9/01.03) is designed to discuss oral presentations, research projects and termpapers individually and/or in small groups. Individual arrangements will be made – also, if necessary, concerning the time of the Übung. Therefore clashes with other courses scheduled for the same time slot as the Übung can be avoided.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Kortmann, Bernd & Lunkenheimer, Kerstin (eds.). 2013. The Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
http://ewave-atlas.org
Kortmann, Bernd & Lunkenheimer, Kerstin (eds.). 2013. The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter Mouton.
Schneider, Edgar. 2007. Postcolonial English. Varieties around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Übung zu Seminar/Hauptseminar "Investigating World Englishes"

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Übung

Termine:

Do, 9:15 - 10:00, U9/01.03

Methods and Theories

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Julia Schlüter, Fabian Vetter

Angaben:

Übung, 1 SWS, ECTS: 1

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 23.10.2017, 8:00 - 14:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 24.10.2017, 12:00 - 18:00, U5/02.23
Einzeltermin am 25.10.2017, 8:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 16:00, KR12/01.05
Einzeltermin am 26.10.2017, 8:00 - 14:00, KR12/01.05
Einzeltermin am 27.10.2017, 8:00 - 14:00, U5/02.23
To coordinate course dates and times, please register for the following Virtual Campus course by 19th October at the latest and take part in the survey you will find there: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=24101 . You will receive notice of the time slots you have been allotted on 20th October.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

General organization

Im BA-Hauptfach Anglistik/Amerikanistik ist die Übung Methoden und Theorien in einem der beiden Teilbereiche zu wählen, in denen die Aufbaumodule absolviert werden.
Im BA-Nebenfach Anglistik/Amerikanistik zu 30 ECTS Punkten ist die Übung Methoden und Theorien in dem Teilbereich zu wählen, in dem auch das Aufbaumodul absolviert wird.

A short note on the time slots above:

The course consists of two parts, both of which are obligatory. There are, however, alternative times and dates to enable you to fit the course into your timetable.

1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Ergänzungsmodul Methoden und Theorien Übung (1 ECTS), Studium Generale

2. Prerequisites:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Basismodul Sprachwissenschaft

3. Registration and Deregistration:

Registration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 19 October 2017, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 September 2017, 10:00h, to 30 October 2017, 23:59h.

4. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
regular active participation in class + demo with handout

5. Language of instruction:
English

Inhalt:

Description:
The Übung Methods and Theories in Linguistics accompanies the linguistic seminar in the Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft. It complements the theoretical and methodological insights and skills in this area. The Übung will introduce and put to work techniques and approaches characteristic of English Linguistics and thereby help students to acquire competence in approaching and handling data, sources of information and technologies. The topics treated will include the retrieval and processing of secondary literature, the composition of linguistic texts, the formatting of handouts and term papers in Word for Windows, the use of online dictionaries and databases, the analysis of linguistic corpora, etc.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Recommended reading:

• Brons-Albert, Ruth & Nicole Marx. 2010. Empirisches Arbeiten in Linguistik und Sprachlehrforschung: Anleitung zu quantitativen Studien von der Planungsphase bis zum Forschungsbericht. Tübingen: Narr.
• Wray, Alison & Aileen Bloomer. 2012. Projects in Linguistics and Language Studies. 3rd edition. London: Hodder Education.

Psycholinguistics

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Seminar/Übung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 6

Termine:

Di, 8:00 - 10:00, U5/01.17

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Anmeldung über FlexNow vom 25. September 2017, 10:00h, bis zum 19. October 2017, 23:59h.
Abmeldung über FlexNow vom 25. September 2017, 10:00h, bis zum 30 October 2017, 23:59h.

Begrenzte Teilnehmerzahl: max 15
For students transferring to the University of Bamberg, for Erasmus students and for those who need the credit to register for their upcoming final exams a few places will be reserved. If the course is fully booked please contact the lecturer personally.

Scheinanforderungen:
2 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation (30 min)
4 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation (45 min)
6 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + written exam (90 min)
6 ECTS (BA “Ergänzungsmodul” in combination with the course “Methods and Theories”, 1 ECTS): regular active participation in class + oral presentation + oral exam (20 min)

8 ECTS can only be obtained in this class by BA students after clearance with the lecturer before the beginning of term.

Modulanbindungen:
This class is available as a “Seminar” or “Übung” in English Linguistics (Lehramt, BA, MA etc.) providing 2, 4 or 6 ECTS. [However, it cannot be recognized as a “Vorlesung”.]

Please note the different ways of registering for the course in FlexNow: For 6 ECTS points, you should register for the seminar only ("Psycholinguistics (Seminar)"). For 2 or 4 ECTS, you should register for the Übung only ("Psycholinguistics (Übung)").

Inhalt:

Psycholinguistics explores the relationship between the human mind and language. It can be defined as the study of the mental representations and processes involved in language use (including storage, production and comprehension of spoken as well as written language; cf. Warren 2013: 4). The evidence exploited in psycholinguistic research draws on observations of performance (including errors), experimental designs, neuroimaging techniques and language disorders. In this seminar, the core areas of psycholinguistics will be explored, which are listed here along with some of their central questions:

Storage:

• How is the mental lexicon organized? Are words stored according to their form or their meaning, or both?
• Do phonemes and morphemes correspond to units in the brain? What about complex words and irregular forms?
• How do we store the meaning of a sentence or text in short- and long-term memory?

Production:

• Which stages are involved in the conversion of a message into an utterance?
• How do we find appropriate words and syntactic structures?
• How much of the production process is shared by speaking and writing?
• Are the pathways of the production process also involved in perception?

Perception:

• Which factors influence our recognition of words when we hear or read them?
• Does reading necessarily involve access to the sounds of words?
• What can we learn from processing problems caused by certain syntactic structures?
• How do we integrate the meaning that we decode with our mental representation of the text and with our world knowledge?

Based on reading assignments and oral presentations, participants in the seminar will gain an overview of the general consensus as well as of currently debated issues in the field.

The Übung that accompanies the Seminar/Übung (Wednesdays, 11.00-11.45h, U9/01.03) is designed to discuss oral presentations and handouts individually and/or in small groups. Individual arrangements will be made also, if necessary, concerning the time of the Übung. Therefore clashes with other courses scheduled for the same time slot as the Übung can be avoided.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Warren, Paul (2013) Introducing Psycholinguistics. (Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[available on the reserve shelf in TB4 and as an eBook via the University Library’s catalogue]

Übung zu Seminar/Übung "Psycholinguistics"

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Übung

Termine:

Mi, 11:00 - 11:45, U9/01.03

Workshop Phonetics & Phonology

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Übung

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 19.1.2018, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/02.17
Einzeltermin am 26.1.2018, Einzeltermin am 2.2.2018, 12:00 - 14:00, U5/02.22