120015 AR Linguistics course (interactive) 223/224 (2010S)
Corpus linguistics
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Diese LVA gilt für das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).Rather than having weekly 45 minute sessions, this course will run as a one-hour course (i.e. 60 minutes), starting on March 11th. Note that some sessions will be held in the PC Lab.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 10.02.2010 06:00 to We 17.02.2010 23:59
- Registration is open from Sa 20.02.2010 10:00 to Th 04.03.2010 16:00
- Deregistration possible until We 31.03.2010 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 11.03. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 18.03. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 25.03. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 15.04. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 22.04. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 29.04. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 06.05. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 20.05. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 27.05. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 10.06. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 17.06. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Thursday 24.06. 10:00 - 11:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The importance of and interest in text corpora as the basis of empirical linguistic research has increased considerably during the last two decades. Consequently, a rise in both the number and types of corpora could be observed. Not only do we have access to corpora covering all periods of the English language today but also more specialized corpora focusing, for instance, on learner English or English as a lingua franca have been developed. This course will first give a general introduction to corpus linguistics, addressing both its advantages and disadvantages, and will then move on to provide students with hands-on experience in conducting empirical research with the help of corpora. We will acquaint ourselves with corpus software and electronic corpora of literary and non-literary texts from the Old English to the Present Day English periods, which together with further reading in more specialised areas will form the basis of students' research projects.
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment is based on class participation (particularly in discussions based on selected readings), as well as an in-class presentation of and a final paper on participants' own empirical research projects.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This course aims to familiarise students with the basics of doing corpus-based empirical research. Students will also gain specialised knowledge in the area of diachronic corpora and corpus software.
Examination topics
Mix of lecture-style informative and interactive group-work sessions, student presentations, and discussions.
Reading list
Texts will be distributed as necessary.
Association in the course directory
Diplom 343, UF 344
LI 12-0028, SPCode 223, 224, 223-225
LI 12-0028, SPCode 223, 224, 223-225
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