120227 SE Linguistics Seminar / MA historical & descriptive linguistics (2017S)
The English NP: structure and use
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).
- Registration is open from Th 16.02.2017 00:00 to We 22.02.2017 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2017 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 07.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 14.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 21.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 28.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 04.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 25.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 02.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 09.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 16.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 23.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 30.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 13.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 20.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Tuesday 27.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will be assessed on the basis of exercises (to be handed in during the semester) and a final essay. Active participation is required.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Course aims:
- to develop students’ knowledge of the structure and function of the English noun phrase
- to make students aware of some of the many interesting (and problematic) issues involved in the analysis of noun phrases (as well as other kinds of phrases);
- to acquaint students with some of the major theoretical approaches in linguistics (generative, functional, cognitive);
- to provide students with the tools and skills needed to describe complex linguistic structures, and to evaluate and develop analyses on the basis of careful argumentation.
- to develop students’ knowledge of the structure and function of the English noun phrase
- to make students aware of some of the many interesting (and problematic) issues involved in the analysis of noun phrases (as well as other kinds of phrases);
- to acquaint students with some of the major theoretical approaches in linguistics (generative, functional, cognitive);
- to provide students with the tools and skills needed to describe complex linguistic structures, and to evaluate and develop analyses on the basis of careful argumentation.
Examination topics
Readings, classroom discussions, (group) presentation, individual research project.
Reading list
Required reading will be made available during the course.
Association in the course directory
Studium: MA812 [1]; MA 812 [2]; UF 344
Code/Modul: MA 04; UF 222
Lehrinhalt: 12-0368
Code/Modul: MA 04; UF 222
Lehrinhalt: 12-0368
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33
- the internal structure of the NP: heads, modifiers, determiners
- different types of heads, modifiers, determiners
- the use and analysis of pronouns
- the use and analysis of special types of NP: partitives ('three of my friends'), pseudo-partitives ('a box of chocolates', 'a pile of money'), binominals ('that fool of a doctor').
These topics will not be treated from the point of one particular theoretical model; instead, throughout the course, relevant principles and notions from various linguistic frameworks will be drawn upon, compared and critically reviewed.