Advanced Syntax [Syntax]

Dozent/in:

Natalia Bogomolova

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich, Seminar für das (Erweiterte) Aufbaumodul 2 "Sprachliche Strukturen" und das Vertiefungsmodul im BA-Nebenfach "Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft".

Termine:

Mo, 8:15 - 9:45, SP17/00.13

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Bitte schreiben Sie sich für diesen Kurs zeitnah in FlexNow ein und melden Sie sich unbedingt im VC an. Falls Sie Probleme haben wenden Sie sich bitte an admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

We ask that you please to enrol into this course on FlexNow and and on the VC. Note that if you have problems you are kindly asked to contact admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

• The lecture will be in English.
• FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 04.04. / Registration via FlexNow starts April 4.

Exam Registration in FlexNow: 04 July 2022 (10 a.m.) until 18 July 2022 (11:59 p.m.)

ECTS-Informationen

• im Aufbaumodul 2 und im Erweiterten Aufbaumodul 2 (8 ECTS) gilt eine benotete schriftliche Hausarbeit (mind. 14 Seiten) als Leistungsnachweis.
• im Vertiefungsmodul (8 ECTS) gilt eine benotete schriftliche Hausarbeit (mind. 14 Seiten) als Leistungsnachweis.

Inhalt:

This course provides an intensive introduction to recent syntactic theory, focusing on the mainstream generative theory. The main thesis of generative grammar is that sentences are generated by a subconscious set of procedures that constitute part of human cognitive capacity. The course discusses how the modern syntactic theory models these mental procedures. The course introduces the main concepts and assumptions of the theory, including the notion of constituency, phrases, syntactic trees, c-command, binding, X-bar theory, movement, and many others.

Linguistic Fieldwork Kurdish

Dozent/in:

Natalia Bogomolova

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, Schein, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, Seminar for MA module 4/9 "Sprachwissenschaftliche Methoden" (Linguistic Research Methods) (8 ETCS) for MA "General Linguistics"; MA Cultural Studies of the Middle East: PLing 3 and PLing4 (5 ECTS)

Termine:

Mi, 8:15 - 9:45, SP17/01.05

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Bitte schreiben Sie sich für diesen Kurs zeitnah in FlexNow ein und melden Sie sich unbedingt im VC an. Falls Sie Probleme haben wenden Sie sich bitte an admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

We ask you to please enrol into this course on FlexNow and and on the VC as soon as possible. Note that if you have problems you are kindly asked to contact admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

• The lecture will be in English.
• FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 04.04. / Registration via FlexNow starts April 4

Exam Registration in FlexNow: 04 July 2022 (10 a.m.) until 18 July 2022 (11:59 p.m.)

Inhalt:

This course discusses methods for doing field research on a non-native language. We talk about several issues: (i) what fieldwork involves, (ii) what the relationship is between the data that we collect and linguistic theory, (iii) how linguistic theory helps us collect data and test our hypotheses, (iv) how we move from the raw empirical data to a research paper. We will discuss elicitation techniques and data handling. During the course, students will have an opportunity to work with a native speaker of Kurdish to practice their elicitation skills.

Nakh-Daghestanian

Dozent/in:

Natalia Bogomolova

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 2, Studium Generale, Modulstudium, MA "General Linguistics": MA module 2 "Sprachvariation und -wandel" (Language Variation and Change) (8 ETCS) and MA moduel 3 "Sprachliche Diversität" (Linguistic Diversity) (8ETCS); MA "Cultural Studies of the Middle East": PLing2 "Focus on theory in language variety and change"(5 ECTS)

Termine:

Di, 8:15 - 9:45, SP17/00.13

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Bitte schreiben Sie sich für diesen Kurs zeitnah in FlexNow ein und melden Sie sich unbedingt im VC an. Falls Sie Probleme haben wenden Sie sich bitte an admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

We ask you to please enrol into this course on FlexNow and and on the VC as soon as possible. Note that if you have problems you are kindly asked to contact admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

• The seminar will be in English.
• FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 04.04. / Registration via FlexNow starts April 4.

Exam Registration in FlexNow: 04 July 2022 (10 a.m.) until 18 July 2022 (11:59 p.m.)

Inhalt:

This course introduces students to the languages of the Nakh-Dagestanian family, located in the eastern part of the Northern Caucasus. We will start with a general discussion of the current sociolinguistic and cultural situation in the region and then move to an overview of the languages of the family, concentrating on those grammatical features that are common within this linguistic family. Among many other issues, we will discus the following phenomena found in these languages: case systems, ergativity, evidentiality, gender-number agreement, and person agreement.

Structure of Tabasaran

Dozent/in:

Natalia Bogomolova

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, benoteter Schein, ECTS: 8, Studium Generale, MA "General Linguistics": Seminar for the MA module 1 "Systemlinguistik" (Theoretical Foundations of Linguistics)

Termine:

Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, SP17/01.05

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Bitte schreiben Sie sich für diesen Kurs zeitnah in FlexNow ein und melden Sie sich unbedingt im VC an. Falls Sie Probleme haben wenden Sie sich bitte an admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

We ask you to please enrol into this course on FlexNow and and on the VC as soon as possible. Note that if you have problems you are kindly asked to contact admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

• The seminar will be in English.
• FlexNow-Anmeldung ab dem 04.04. / Registration via FlexNow starts April 4.

Exam Registration in FlexNow: 04 July 2022 (10 a.m.) until 18 July 2022 (11:59 p.m.)

Inhalt:

The course introduces students to Tabasaran, a language of the Lezgic branch of the East Caucasian (Nakh-Daghestanian) family. Originally, it is the language of everyday communication of the indigenous people living in traditional villages on the northeastern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. With about 100,000 native speakers, Tabasaran is divided into a number of dialects. The course discusses the core linguistic properties of Tabasaran. It provides an overview of the Tabasaran phonological system, which is rich with consonants unknown in European languages (dento-labial, glottal, ejective and others). We will also discuss the morphological profile of nominal inflection, focusing on the elaborated case system, and of verbs, especially the tense-aspect system. Finally, we will turn to the discussion of the key syntactic features in the language: ergativity, gender-number agreement, and person clitics. During the course, students will listen to audio recordings of the language and try to carry out linguistic analysis of short texts in Tabasaran.