Universität Wien

160154 VO LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie VO (2019S)

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Sprache: Deutsch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 07.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 14.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 21.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 28.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 04.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 11.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 02.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 09.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 16.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 23.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 06.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 13.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Natural languages share a number of intriguing similarities while also exhibiting fascinating differences. And while languages can be classified on the basis of different criteria (such as phonological, morphological and syntactic), this course will focus on syntactic typology, in particular what Baker (2009) refers to as “Formal Generative Typology” (FGT), which has grown out of the ‘Principles and Parameters’ research paradigm, and which seeks to answer questions such as the following: What properties of natural human languages are universal? What properties of natural human languages vary from one human language to another? Which aspects of variation are systematic and grammatical in nature, and which aspects of variation are random and/or idiosyncratic? What do the answers to all three preceding questions reveal about natural language as a product of the human mind?

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Written exam

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Students have an understanding of the complexity of issues discussed in the course. Regular attendance is explicitly recommended.

Prüfungsstoff

All of the topics discussed in the course.

Literatur

(Selected - other relevant literature is on the Handapparat in the library, and yet other will be announced on the course page on Moodle.)

Baker, Mark (2009/2015) Formal generative typology. The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis (1st/2nd edition).
Greenberg, Joseph (1963) Some universals of grammar with particular reference to the order of meaningful elements. In J. Greenberg (ed.). Universals of Language 58-90. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Haider, Hubert (2018) Phrase-structure based typology. https://www.uni-salzburg.at/fileadmin/multimedia/Linguistik/documents/Haider-Phrase_structure_based_typology.pdf
Harley, Heidi and Elizabeth Ritter (2002) Person and number in pronouns: A feature-geometric analysis. Language 78:482-526.
Holmberg, Anders (2016) Linguistic typology. In I. Roberts (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar.
Kiparsky, Paul (2008) Universals constrain change, change results in typological generalizations. In J. Good, (ed.) Linguistic Universals and Language Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kiparsky, Paul (2012) Grammaticalization as optimization. In D. Jonas, J. Whitman and A. Garrett (eds.) Grammatical Change: Origins, Nature, Outcomes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Newmeyer, Frederick J. (2016) Formal and functional explanation. In I. Roberts (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Universal Grammar.
Polinsky, Maria (2010) Linguistic typology and formal grammar. In Sung, J.J. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sheehan, Michelle (2015) Case. Ergative languages. In Fábregas, A., J. Mateu and M. Putnam (eds.) Contemporary Linguistic Parameters 47–72. London: Bloomsbury.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MA1-M3
MA4-WM1.1
MA4-WM1.5
MA4-WM1.6

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:35