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100206 PS Linguistics: Linguistic theories (2020W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 10 - Deutsche Philologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 35 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course is planned as a mixture of online and classroom teaching. Closer information will be given in the first lession that will be held online. The format may be adapted anytime due to the COVID-19 pandemia.

  • Friday 09.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Friday 16.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Friday 23.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Friday 30.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 3 Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 9 Hof 5
  • Friday 06.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 13.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 20.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 27.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 04.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 11.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 18.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 08.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 15.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 22.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Friday 29.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course introduces selected methods of research into multilingualism and contact linguistics. In a guided research format, students test these methods. Based on their practical experiences, they select an area of interest in the context of mulitlingualism and language contact, consolidate their knowledge through literature review, develop research questions and hypotheses. These are then put to test in a small empirical study, the results of are reported in the term paper.

Assessment and permitted materials

Three aspects are evaluated in the course:

• PARTICIPATION: completion of tasks (depending on the type of task either the submission or the content are evaluated)
• PRESENTATION in digital format
• TERM PAPER (Proseminararbeit) of 15 pages main text (without cover page, table of contents, references and appendix; deadline: 01. 03. 2021)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In the final evaluation, the above mentioned aspects weighed as follows. Note that each aspect has to be passed in order to pass the course.

• Participation: 25 %
• Presentation: 15 %
• Term paper: 60 %

In order to be evaluated, students are required to attend the course regularly at the individually scheduled dates (either in personally or online). A maximum of three absences is tolerated.

Examination topics

see above

Reading list

Literature will be announced on Moodle. For preparation the following books are recommended:

• Riehl, Claudia Maria (2018): Sprachkontaktforschung. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto (narr STARTER).
• Müller, Natascha (2016): Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto (narr STARTER).

Both of them are accessible as e-books via the University library.

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Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:15