Universität Wien

120054 SE Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA Thesis / MA historical & descriptive linguistics (2010S)

Diachronic pragmatics

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Diese LVA gilt für das Masterstudium English Language and Linguistics nach UG2002, das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

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).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 08.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 15.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 22.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 12.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 19.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 26.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 03.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 10.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 17.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 31.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 07.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 14.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 21.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Monday 28.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The goal of the seminar is to introduce diachronic pragmatics, a young and relatively unknown discipline, which constitutes an interface between two well-established areas of linguistic investigation: pragmatics and historical studies. First, the aims and methodological assumptions of the discipline will be presented with special emphasis on the main aim of historical pragmaticists, i.e. investigating old documents in search for traces of orality. In the course of the seminar the students will work on individual projects geared at analysing historical data (literary texts, diaries, letters, etc.) within the framework of diachronic pragmatics in order to establish the degree of "pragmaticity" of the old sources.

Assessment and permitted materials

Class participation; oral paper presentation; final written essay

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the course is to grasp the interface between the methodologies traditionally employed by synchronic pragmatics and their applications to the new field of diachronic pragmatics coping with “bad data”, i.e. the analysis of spoken language of the past on the basis of written sources.

Examination topics

Oral presentations of assigned topics followed by a discussion and a written version of the paper.

Reading list

A course reader will be provided.

Association in the course directory

Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA812
LI 12-0211, SP-Code 222, 226/228, 236/238, 821, 721-723 / BA08 / M04

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