Universität Wien

120226 SE MA Seminar - Focus: Functional and Cognitive Linguistics / Linguistics Seminar (2020W)

English Idioms

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

This course will be taught exclusively ON-LINE (using BBB in Moodle). On-line meetings will, in principle, take place every week in the allocated time slot.

  • Dienstag 06.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 13.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 20.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 27.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 03.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 10.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 17.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 24.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 01.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 15.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 12.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 19.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
  • Dienstag 26.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Course content:
Idioms form an essential part of the English language. Typically defined as constructions that are semantically non-transparent and non-compositional (i.e. the meaning of the idiom as a whole cannot be derived from or predicted on the basis of the meaning of the component parts), they are often regarded as fixed multi-word expressions that simply need to be learned. Closer examination, however, shows that there is huge amount of variation within the class of idioms, in terms of degree of transparency, compositionality, conventionality, collocability and (morpho)syntactic flexibility. In order to come to a better understanding of the use, internal structure, formal behaviour of English idioms, this course will address such questions as how they can be defined and classified, how they can be analysed (semantically and syntactically), how they are used (creatively), and how they are processed and acquired.

Course aims:
By focusing on a single, but very versatile, type of construction, students will learn:
- to recognize the complexity of the linguistic system as manifested in English idioms
- to approach what often looks like a straightforward, unitary phenomenon from different angles, considering different aspects of their function and form
- to understand how these different aspects are interconnected and mutually dependent
- to decide which research questions and methodology are appropriate in studying the different aspects of idioms
- to tackle some of the issues involved individually and/or in small groups.

Course methods:
Readings, classroom discussions, assignment, (group) presentation, individual research project.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Course assessment:
Students will be assessed on the basis of a mid-term assignment (individual), a (group) presentation and a final seminar paper (individual). Active participation is required.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Course evaluation is based on:
(a) regular (online) class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) handing in the midterm assignment (on time; 20%)
(c) giving the oral presentation (on set date; 20%)
(d) handing in the seminar paper (on time; 60%)

Students must attain 60 of the maximum of 100 points.

Prüfungsstoff

Readings, exercises, midterm assignment, classroom discussions, individual research project

Literatur

All the required reading will be made available on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: MA 812 [2]; UF 344
Code/Modul: MA 4, MA 5; UF 4.2.3-222
Lehrinhalt: 12-0496

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16