Academic writing in linguistics: Researching linguistic minorities

Dozent/in:

Laurentia Schreiber

Angaben:

Seminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 5, Studium Generale, Erweiterungsbereich, BA Nebenfach Allg. Sprachwissenschaft: Ü/V im Vertiefungsmodul (2ECTS); Ü/V im Profilmodul (2 ECTS); im Erweiterten Aufbaumodul I (2ECTS). MA Studiengang Cultural Studies of the Middle East: PLing3 (5ECTS) importierbar für den Erweiterungsbereich des MA General Linguistics. Studium Generale: 2-5 ECTS

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 29.10.2021, 9:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 30.10.2021, 10:00 - 13:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 12.11.2021, 9:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 16:00, Raum n.V.
Einzeltermin am 13.11.2021, 10:00 - 13:00, Raum n.V.

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Bitte schreiben Sie sich für diesen Kurs zu Beginn des Semesters im Virtuellen Campus (VC) ein, damit vor dem Hintergrund der möglichen Online-Lehre die Kontaktaufnahme durch die Dozentin / den Dozenten möglich ist. Falls Sie sich nicht einschreiben können, wenden Sie sich bitte an admin.aspra@uni-bamberg.de.

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Inhalt:

This online block seminar is a methodological course aiming at training academic writing skills in linguistics, for example in preparation of a final thesis like the BA or MA dissertation. After completion of this course, students will be able to write a linguistic paper complying both with the guidelines for good academic practice and the formal requirements in linguistics.
Among others, in the course we will learn how to find a good research question, do proper academic literature research, integrate and cite academic references correctly, structure a paper, build an argumentation, write the introduction and conclusion, as well as drafting an abstract. As an overarching topic, we will deal with research on linguistic minorities. This involves structural topics like bilingualism, language contact or language endangerment, but also sociolinguistic aspects such as the intersection of language policies, language identity and language use.
This course will be completed by a term paper (ca. 6 pages) on an individual research question from the area of linguistic minorities. Since the focus of the block seminar is on the academic writing process, participants are expected to prepare the necessary readings for their individual term papers in self-study. However, space to deal with the individual topics will be also given during the block seminars in a workshop-like character.
In order to be able to embark on their individual research in the course right away, students should bring a rough idea of a potential research question they would like to work on to the first meeting block.
Note: This course is intended to provide a general understanding of the academic research process. Therefore, this course is especially designed for those students who have not already considerable experience in academic writing.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Extra, Guus & Durk Gorter. 2005. Linguistic and ethnic minorities. In Ammon, Ulrich et al., Sociolinguistics: an international handbook of the science of language and society, vol.2. Berlin/ New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 1506-1520.
Edwards, John. 2010. Towards a typology of minority-language settings. In Edwards, John (ed.), Minority languages and group identity: cases and categories. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. 73-103.