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120226 SE MA Seminar - Focus: Functional and Cognitive Linguistics / Linguistics Seminar (2020W)
English Idioms
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Tu 08.09.2020 12:00 to Tu 15.09.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
This course will be taught exclusively ON-LINE (using BBB in Moodle). On-line meetings will, in principle, take place every week in the allocated time slot.
- Tuesday 06.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 13.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 20.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 27.10. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 03.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 10.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 17.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 24.11. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 01.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 15.12. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 12.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 19.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
- Tuesday 26.01. 10:15 - 11:45 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment:
Students will be assessed on the basis of a mid-term assignment (individual), a (group) presentation and a final seminar paper (individual). Active participation is required.
Students will be assessed on the basis of a mid-term assignment (individual), a (group) presentation and a final seminar paper (individual). Active participation is required.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Course evaluation is based on:
(a) regular (online) class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) handing in the midterm assignment (on time; 20%)
(c) giving the oral presentation (on set date; 20%)
(d) handing in the seminar paper (on time; 60%)Students must attain 60 of the maximum of 100 points.
(a) regular (online) class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) handing in the midterm assignment (on time; 20%)
(c) giving the oral presentation (on set date; 20%)
(d) handing in the seminar paper (on time; 60%)Students must attain 60 of the maximum of 100 points.
Examination topics
Readings, exercises, midterm assignment, classroom discussions, individual research project
Reading list
All the required reading will be made available on Moodle.
Association in the course directory
Studium: MA 812 [2]; UF 344
Code/Modul: MA 4, MA 5; UF 4.2.3-222
Lehrinhalt: 12-0496
Code/Modul: MA 4, MA 5; UF 4.2.3-222
Lehrinhalt: 12-0496
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16
Idioms form an essential part of the English language. Typically defined as constructions that are semantically non-transparent and non-compositional (i.e. the meaning of the idiom as a whole cannot be derived from or predicted on the basis of the meaning of the component parts), they are often regarded as fixed multi-word expressions that simply need to be learned. Closer examination, however, shows that there is huge amount of variation within the class of idioms, in terms of degree of transparency, compositionality, conventionality, collocability and (morpho)syntactic flexibility. In order to come to a better understanding of the use, internal structure, formal behaviour of English idioms, this course will address such questions as how they can be defined and classified, how they can be analysed (semantically and syntactically), how they are used (creatively), and how they are processed and acquired.Course aims:
By focusing on a single, but very versatile, type of construction, students will learn:
- to recognize the complexity of the linguistic system as manifested in English idioms
- to approach what often looks like a straightforward, unitary phenomenon from different angles, considering different aspects of their function and form
- to understand how these different aspects are interconnected and mutually dependent
- to decide which research questions and methodology are appropriate in studying the different aspects of idioms
- to tackle some of the issues involved individually and/or in small groups.Course methods:
Readings, classroom discussions, assignment, (group) presentation, individual research project.