122225 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper (2014W)
Usage-based grammar
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 Mo 08.09.2014 00:00 to Fr 12.09.2014 18:00
- Registration is open from Tu 23.09.2014 00:00 to Th 25.09.2014 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Dienstag, 4. November 2014
Dienstag, 11. November 2014
Dienstag, 25. November 2014
Dienstag, 2. Dezember 2014
von 16:00 Uhr bis 18:00 PC-Raum KRB NIG, Kursraum B
Tuesday
14.10.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
21.10.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
28.10.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
04.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
11.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
18.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
25.11.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
02.12.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
09.12.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Friday
12.12.
14:00 - 19:00
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Saturday
13.12.
09:00 - 13:00
Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Tuesday
16.12.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
13.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
20.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Tuesday
27.01.
16:00 - 18:00
Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Participants will be assessed on the basis of their oral presentations, written research papers, and in-class participation. All presentations take place during a seminar conference on Friday 12 December (afternoon) and Saturday 13 December.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Participants will
- develop an understanding of the basic principles of usage-based grammar and the close link between usage and syntactic structure
- conduct their own empirical investigations and gain insights into the methodology of corpus linguistics
- work with and deepen their understanding of basic grammatical concepts
- develop a better understanding of the communicative functions of specific grammatical constructions in actual language use
- deepen their understanding of different theoretical approaches to grammar
- develop an understanding of the basic principles of usage-based grammar and the close link between usage and syntactic structure
- conduct their own empirical investigations and gain insights into the methodology of corpus linguistics
- work with and deepen their understanding of basic grammatical concepts
- develop a better understanding of the communicative functions of specific grammatical constructions in actual language use
- deepen their understanding of different theoretical approaches to grammar
Examination topics
The initial sessions will be used to introduce participants to the topic and help them develop their research questions. This introductory phase involves the discussion of articles and book chapters as well as practical work with computer corpora and other language data. The second phase of the course is reserved for individual project work. In the final phase participants will present their projects and findings in oral presentations and written research papers.
Reading list
Bybee, Joan. 2010. Language, usage and cognition. Cambridge: CUP.
Bybee, Joan. 2006. From usage to grammar: the mind’s response to repetition. Language 82 (4): 711-33.
Bybee, Joan; Beckner, Clay. 2009. Usage-based theory. In Heine, B. And H. Narrog (eds.) The Oxford handbook of linguistic analysis. Oxford: OUP.
Diessel, Holger. 2007. Frequency effects in language acquisition, language use, and diachronic change. New Ideas in Psychology 25: 108-127.
Mukherjee, Joybrato 2013. Corpus data in a usage-based cognitive grammar. In Aijmer, K. (ed.) Advances in Corpus Linguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins., 85-100.
Croft, William. 2007. Construction Grammar. In Geeraerts, D.; Cuykens,H. (eds.) Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. Oxford: OUP, 463-508.
Bybee, Joan. 2006. From usage to grammar: the mind’s response to repetition. Language 82 (4): 711-33.
Bybee, Joan; Beckner, Clay. 2009. Usage-based theory. In Heine, B. And H. Narrog (eds.) The Oxford handbook of linguistic analysis. Oxford: OUP.
Diessel, Holger. 2007. Frequency effects in language acquisition, language use, and diachronic change. New Ideas in Psychology 25: 108-127.
Mukherjee, Joybrato 2013. Corpus data in a usage-based cognitive grammar. In Aijmer, K. (ed.) Advances in Corpus Linguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins., 85-100.
Croft, William. 2007. Construction Grammar. In Geeraerts, D.; Cuykens,H. (eds.) Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. Oxford: OUP, 463-508.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33
In this seminar we will explore the central tenets of usage-based grammar, its preferred methodology of corpus linguistics and specific theories within the usage-based paradigm (esp. Construction Grammar). Particular attention will be given to the presumed close link between usage and grammatical knowledge and the three domains it manifests itself in: communication (i.e. the production and comprehension of utterances), language acquisition, and grammatical change over time.