122221 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper (2025S)
Construction Grammar
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Mo 10.02.2025 00:00 bis Mo 24.02.2025 12:00
- Abmeldung bis Mo 31.03.2025 23:59
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max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Freitag 07.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 14.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 21.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 28.03. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 04.04. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 11.04. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 02.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 09.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 16.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 23.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 30.05. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 06.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 13.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Freitag 20.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- N Freitag 27.06. 16:15 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
The Construction Grammar theory extends Saussure’s proposal that words are symbolic form-meaning pairings to phrases, clauses or whole sentences, e.g. the way-construction: he danced his way through the room. Construction grammarians do not assume that we are born with a universal grammar, but language is learned in language-independent cognitive processes such as association, schematization and categorization. Constructions, as the central element of study, emerge through pattern recognition, repetition, and analogization, meaning language is usage-based. The individual constructions, once learned, are then organized, in speakers’ minds, into constructional networks with different levels of schematicity.Since the 1990s, the Construction Grammar approach to language has become one of fastest growing linguistic approaches to language and language change. This course introduces the theory of Construction Grammar, e.g. theoretical premises, approaches to language change and language acquisition, and focuses on the Construction Grammar stance on contemporary issues. Ultimately the course should provide students an insight into the role of language models in linguistic research.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
This is an interactive course where students will have weekly readings and forum entries that will then be discussed as a class at the start of each session. The readings should provide students with a foundation to conduct their own research projects that will culminate with a BA paper. For the seminar paper, students can either explore a theoretical issue discussed in the course or pick a specific construction that they wish to research. Students are expected to hand in a project proposal and present preliminary results in a 15 min presentation, allowing them to receive feedback on their individual projects at various stages of the research process.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Minimum requirements:
-) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
-) regular participation in class and completion of regular readings and small assignments
-) submitting a project proposal (on set date)
-) giving an oral presentation (on set date)
-) conducting a small research project and submitting a BA paper (on set date)
-) refraining from plagiarism in all tasksCourse evaluation is based on:
Participation and small assignments (15%)
Project proposal (15%)
Presentation (20%)
BA paper (50%)
Pass grade: 60%Grades:
1: 90-100%
2: 80-89.9%
3: 70-79.9%
4: 60-69.9%
5: < 60%
-) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
-) regular participation in class and completion of regular readings and small assignments
-) submitting a project proposal (on set date)
-) giving an oral presentation (on set date)
-) conducting a small research project and submitting a BA paper (on set date)
-) refraining from plagiarism in all tasksCourse evaluation is based on:
Participation and small assignments (15%)
Project proposal (15%)
Presentation (20%)
BA paper (50%)
Pass grade: 60%Grades:
1: 90-100%
2: 80-89.9%
3: 70-79.9%
4: 60-69.9%
5: < 60%
Prüfungsstoff
Not applicable for this course
Literatur
Brems, Lieselotte. 2010. Size noun constructions as collocationally constrained constructions: lexical and grammaticalized uses. English Language and Linguistics 14 (1), 83-109.
Davidse, Kristin & Tine Breban. A cognitive-functional approach to the order of adjectives in the English noun phrase. Linguistics 57(2), 327-371.
Goldberg, Adele E. 2006. A construction grammar approach to argument structure. Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press.
Goldberg, Adele E. 2019. Explain me this: Creativity , competition and the partial productivity of constructions. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press.
Hilpert, Martin. 2014. Construction Grammar and its Application to English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Hoffmann, Thomas. 2022. Construction Grammar and the Structure of English. Cambridge: CUP.
Israel, M. 1996. The way construction grow. In Adele E. Goldberg (ed.), Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language, 217-230. Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information.
McColm, Dan; Trousdale, Graeme. 2019. Whatever happened to whatever? In Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, Emma More, Linda van Bergen & Willem B. Hollmann (eds.), Categories, Constructions, and Changes in English Syntax. 81-104. Cambridge: CUP.
Smirnova, Elena; Sommerer, Lotte. 2020. Introduction: The nature of the note and the network – Open questions in Diachronic Construction Grammar. In Lotte Sommerer & Elena Smirnova (eds.), Nodes and Networks in Diachronic Construction Grammar. 1-44. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Sommerer, Lotte. 2024. How important a piece of the puzzle: A usage-based investigation of the BIG MESS construction. Journal of Historical Syntax 8, 1-34.
Davidse, Kristin & Tine Breban. A cognitive-functional approach to the order of adjectives in the English noun phrase. Linguistics 57(2), 327-371.
Goldberg, Adele E. 2006. A construction grammar approach to argument structure. Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press.
Goldberg, Adele E. 2019. Explain me this: Creativity , competition and the partial productivity of constructions. Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press.
Hilpert, Martin. 2014. Construction Grammar and its Application to English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Hoffmann, Thomas. 2022. Construction Grammar and the Structure of English. Cambridge: CUP.
Israel, M. 1996. The way construction grow. In Adele E. Goldberg (ed.), Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language, 217-230. Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information.
McColm, Dan; Trousdale, Graeme. 2019. Whatever happened to whatever? In Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, Emma More, Linda van Bergen & Willem B. Hollmann (eds.), Categories, Constructions, and Changes in English Syntax. 81-104. Cambridge: CUP.
Smirnova, Elena; Sommerer, Lotte. 2020. Introduction: The nature of the note and the network – Open questions in Diachronic Construction Grammar. In Lotte Sommerer & Elena Smirnova (eds.), Nodes and Networks in Diachronic Construction Grammar. 1-44. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Sommerer, Lotte. 2024. How important a piece of the puzzle: A usage-based investigation of the BIG MESS construction. Journal of Historical Syntax 8, 1-34.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Studium: BA 612
Code/Modul: BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222
Code/Modul: BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222
Letzte Änderung: Mo 17.02.2025 16:46