Universität Wien

122052 PS PS Linguistics (2020W)

Semantics

5.00 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. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

UPDATE 2 November: until further notice, all classes will be held online

This course is HYBRID = mix of online and on-site sessions.
Dates for the on-site sessions are:
8.10., 15.10., 10.12., 17.12., 14.01., 21.01., 28.01.
In these sessions, half the group will be physically present (division to be announced after registration/before the first session). All other sessions will take place online in synchronous video conferences.

  • Donnerstag 08.10. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 15.10. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 22.10. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 29.10. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 05.11. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 12.11. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 19.11. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 26.11. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 03.12. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 10.12. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 17.12. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 07.01. 08:15 - 09:45 Digital
  • Donnerstag 14.01. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 21.01. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 28.01. 08:15 - 09:45 Hybride Lehre
    Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

“Meaning controls memory and perception.Meaning is the goal of communication. Meaning underlies social activities and culture.To a great degree, what distinguishes human cultures are the meanings they give to natural phenomena, artifacts, and human relations.” (Glenberg & Robertson 2000: pnd).
Taking the area of semantics as an example, this course provides students with more detailed insights into one area of linguistics and prepares them for their first small-scale research project. Students will acquire a basic knowledge of semantics, develop skills in the linguistic analysis of meaning on different levels, and learn to approach questions in semantics in a systematic and objective way.
After a basic introduction to the area of semantics, we will explore the topic from different angles, such as word meaning, meaning relations, discourse meaning and pragmatics and look at methods of data collection and analysis semantics as welll as at available online resources (corpora).
Some of the questions we will investigate in the course of the term are:
- What are meaning relations?
- What are categories of semantic analysis?
- What is the importance of context?
In addition to exploring these questions and learning about research in semantics, participants will also learn how to find relevant literature on a specific research topic/question, critically analyse and reflect on existing research in the field and collect first experience in planning, conducting and writing up a small-scale linguistic research project.
This course combines lecturer input, sample analyses of relevant material, assignments, group work, discussions and student presentations.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Student assessment is based on active participation in class, online assignments, regular readings, the paper proposal, an oral poster presentation and the PS paper.
For the paper each student will choose one aspect related to phonetics and phonology, explore it in more detail and conduct a study. Further information will be provided in class.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Attendance (max. 2 absences)
Part 1: Class participation, readings, smaller (online) assignments, discussions etc. 10%
Part 2: Poster presentation in class: 25%
Part 3: Paper proposal: 20%
Part 4: PS paper (3,500 words +/-10%): 45%
All parts (1, 2, 3 and 4) must be completed and at least three out of four parts must be positive. The overall pass mark is 60%.
Grading scale: 1 (sehr gut) 100-90%; 2 (gut) 89-80%; 3 (befriedigend), 79-70%; 4 (genügend) 69-60%; 5 (nicht genügend) 59-0%.

Prüfungsstoff

Continuous assessment based on what was covered in class, details will be given in class and on Moodle.

Literatur

Materials will be provided in class and via the Moodle platform.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: BEd 09.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-2045

Letzte Änderung: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16