122048 PS Proseminar Linguistics 2 (BA) (2023S)
Language change and the noun phrase
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 Mo 13.02.2023 00:00 to Tu 21.02.2023 12:00
- Registration is open from We 01.03.2023 12:00 to Tu 14.03.2023 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Will be taught on-site and in-person
- Friday 10.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 17.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 24.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 31.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 21.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 28.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 05.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 12.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 19.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 26.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 02.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 09.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 16.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 23.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
- Friday 30.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Course Content:An extensive amount of research has been conducted on the English noun phrase (ENP), and yet there are still many fundamental questions and problems still left unresolved. This course will explore the structural and functional dimensions of the English noun phrase and discuss a number of these open issues. Topics covered will include the internal structure of an NP (heads, modifiers, determiners), special types of NPs such as N-of-Ns (e.g. a jewel of an island), and changes within the NP structure.A further course aim is to show students how to work empirically and write an empirical academic paper in linguistics. Therefore, in this course students will use corpora to investigate either creative NP patterns or some irregular element in the noun phrase.Teaching and learning method:Reading, discussions, peer-group interaction, smaller exercises, lecturer input and autonomous research and an empirical project.
Assessment and permitted materials
Course evaluation is based on:
* class participation and tasks (max. 10 points)
* research / paper proposal (10 points)
* engagement in research process, incl. presentations (max. 25 points)
* term paper (individually) of approximately 3500 words (max. 55 points)
* class participation and tasks (max. 10 points)
* research / paper proposal (10 points)
* engagement in research process, incl. presentations (max. 25 points)
* term paper (individually) of approximately 3500 words (max. 55 points)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirements:
(a) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) giving in-class presentations (on set dates)
(c) submitting project proposal (on set date)
(d) handing in the term paper on time
(e) attaining at least 50% on each of the three parts (see I, II and III below) and 60 points overall
Course evaluation is based on:
I. class participation and tasks (max. 10 points)
II. engagement in research process, incl. presentations (max. 25 points)
III. term paper (individually) of approximately 3500 words (max. 55 points)Final grades & points achieved: ‘1’: 90-100; ‘2’: 80-89; ‘3’: 70-79; ‘4’: 60-69; ‘5’: 0-59
(a) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) giving in-class presentations (on set dates)
(c) submitting project proposal (on set date)
(d) handing in the term paper on time
(e) attaining at least 50% on each of the three parts (see I, II and III below) and 60 points overall
Course evaluation is based on:
I. class participation and tasks (max. 10 points)
II. engagement in research process, incl. presentations (max. 25 points)
III. term paper (individually) of approximately 3500 words (max. 55 points)Final grades & points achieved: ‘1’: 90-100; ‘2’: 80-89; ‘3’: 70-79; ‘4’: 60-69; ‘5’: 0-59
Examination topics
Engagement in discussion and group work, tasks, presentations, term paper
Reading list
Required Readings (will be provided on Moodle):Adamson, Sylvia. 2000. A lovely little example: word order options and category shift in the premodifying string. In Olga Fischer, Annetter Rosenbach & Dieter Stein (eds.). Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English, Amsterdam: Benjamins, 39-66.
Heine, Bernd; Narrog, Heiko. 2021. Grammaticalization. Oxford: OUP
Keizer, Evelien. 2007a. The English Noun Phrase: The nature of linguistic categorization. Cambridge: CUP.
Kim, Jong-Bok and Peter Sells. 2015. “English binominal NPs: A construction-based perspective”. Journal of Linguistics 51.1, 41-73.
Lindquist, H. 2010. Corpus linguistics and the description of English. Edinburgh: EUP.
Matthews, P.H. (2014). The Positions of Adjectives in English. Oxford: OUP.
McEnery, Tony, Richard Xiao and Yukio Tono. 2006. Corpus-based language studies: an advanced resource book. London: Routledge.
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs. 2008. The grammaticalization of NP of NP patterns. In Alexander Bergs &
Rosenbach, Anette (2001). “The English s-genitive: Animacy, topicality, and possessive relationship in a diachronic perspective.” In Laurel Brinton (ed.), Historical linguistics 1999. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 277–92.
Heine, Bernd; Narrog, Heiko. 2021. Grammaticalization. Oxford: OUP
Keizer, Evelien. 2007a. The English Noun Phrase: The nature of linguistic categorization. Cambridge: CUP.
Kim, Jong-Bok and Peter Sells. 2015. “English binominal NPs: A construction-based perspective”. Journal of Linguistics 51.1, 41-73.
Lindquist, H. 2010. Corpus linguistics and the description of English. Edinburgh: EUP.
Matthews, P.H. (2014). The Positions of Adjectives in English. Oxford: OUP.
McEnery, Tony, Richard Xiao and Yukio Tono. 2006. Corpus-based language studies: an advanced resource book. London: Routledge.
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs. 2008. The grammaticalization of NP of NP patterns. In Alexander Bergs &
Rosenbach, Anette (2001). “The English s-genitive: Animacy, topicality, and possessive relationship in a diachronic perspective.” In Laurel Brinton (ed.), Historical linguistics 1999. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 277–92.
Association in the course directory
Studium: BA 612;
Code/Modul: BA06.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-2044
Code/Modul: BA06.1;
Lehrinhalt: 12-2044
Last modified: Fr 10.03.2023 19:28