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S/HS: "Cognitive Aspects of Grammatical Variation in English" [Beteiligung]- Dozent/in
- PD Dr. Julia Schlüter, Akad. Rätin
- Angaben
- Seminar/Hauptseminar
2 SWS, benoteter Schein
Zeit und Ort: Do 10:15 - 11:45, U11/00.16; Bemerkung zu Zeit und Ort: N.B.: In der zweiten Vorlesungswoche findet für Masterstudierende sowie für Lehramts- und Bachelorstudierende im Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft (die nicht ohnehin die Übung "Methods and Theories" schon besucht haben) eine Einführung in wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im CIP-Pool U5/02.23 statt. Hierfür sind Studierende angehalten, sich folgende Termine freizuhalten: Mo, 13.10.2014, 8-10 h ODER 10-12 h ODER 12-14 h UND Do, 16.10.2014, 12-18 h, ODER Fr, 17.10.2014, 8-14 h. Zur Terminabstimmung, die in der ersten Semesterwoche stattfinden wird, tragen Sie sich bitte bis spätestens 9. Oktober in folgenden VC-Kurs ein und nehmen an der dortigen Terminabfrage teil: https://vc.uni-bamberg.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=8089. Sie erhalten dann kurzfristig Nachricht, welche Termine Sie wahrnehmen können.
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- General organization
1. Modules
LA GY modularisiert: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Mastermodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Master-Vertiefungsmodul I od. II Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Erweiterungsmodul I od. II: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA Interdisziplinäre Mittelalterstudien/Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Anglistik: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Erweiterungsmodul I oder II: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister: Hauptseminar Sprachwissenschaft
Joint Degree: Mastermodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Joint Degree: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Joint Degree: Profilmodul I oder II Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Informationen für Studierende der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft:
Die Veranstaltung kann für Studierende der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft als Seminar (8 ECTS) für das Vertiefungsmodul des Bachelorstudiengangs „Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft“ eingebracht werden. In diesem Fall muss die FlexNow-Lehrveranstaltungsanmeldung, wie auch die FlexNow-Prüfungsanmeldung über den FlexNow-Zugang "Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft" erfolgen.
2. Registration and Deregistration:
Registration via FlexNow from 15 September 2014, 10:00h to 09 October 2014, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 15 September 2014, 10:00h to 30 October 2014, 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:
regular active participation in class + oral presentation + termpaper (4500-6000 words)
4. Language of instruction:
English
- Inhalt
- Description:
The grammar of English (its morphology and especially its syntax) provides no prefabricated, unique ways of saying (or writing) something you want to express, but rather offers a variety of grammatical variants with identical or similar meanings. For instance, without implying a meaning difference, you can say either of the variants:
(1) The event is aimed at children and parents / parents and children.
(2) The waiter brought the wine we had ordered to the table / to the table the wine we had ordered.
(3) Sandy picked up the paper / picked the paper up.
(4) The other person’s nose / nose of the other person was broken.
(5) He had to give the FBI his fingerprints / his fingerprints to the FBI.
(6) The whole audience started laughing / to laugh.
(7) They lighted / lit the stack of wood from below.
(8) We wanted to try to save / to try and save expenses.
(9) The only thing he could do was wait / to wait.
(10) Supposing that / Supposing you had good marks, would you go to university?
On the other hand, there are subtle meaning differences, mirrored in the grammatical differences, between the following:
(11) The map indicates all the navigable rivers / the rivers navigable.
(12) The teacher helped him complete / to complete his homework.
(13) They heard the clatter of hoofs / hooves from the outside.
(14) We sprayed paint on the wall / the wall with paint.
What is interesting about grammatical variation phenomena such as (1)-(14) is the fact that they are not random, but allow us to gather insights into the ways speakers and hearers process language: Cognitive processes in language use involve an intricate network of interacting functional factors that may reinforce or counteract each other, such as semantic, phonological and various processing-related effects (e.g. those of frequency, complexity, economy, givenness). Since most of these are linguistic universals working independently of time and a particular language, they afford insights into the forces that design and shape grammar and drive linguistic change.
Grammatical variation and change have been at the focus of linguistic interest for the past few decades. Their investigation has been facilitated by the use of ever-increasing electronic text collections (corpora) in which we can explore and measure native speaker behaviour in cases where the grammar provides two or more options. An analysis of the forces underlying native speaker intuitions will have the useful side effect of sensitizing students to grammatical choices in English as a foreign language.
Students in this seminar will be expected to present a case study based on a research article and to carry out and report on a related corpus-based small-scale research project in their termpapers.
The Übung that accompanies the Hauptseminar (Thursdays, 9:15 – 10:00 h) is designed to discuss oral presentations, handouts, practical tasks and termpaper projects 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
- The core readings for the in-class presentations are available on the reserve shelf in TB 4 or via the electronic resources of the University Library.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 8
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 20
- Zugeordnete Lehrveranstaltungen
- Ü: Übung zu Seminar/Hauptseminar "Cognitive Aspects of Grammatical Variation in English" (Schlüter)
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Dozent/in: PD Dr. Julia Schlüter, Akad. Rätin
Zeit und Ort: Do 9:15 - 10:00, U9/01.03
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