Universität Wien

122226 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper / MA historical & descriptive linguistics / MA applied linguistics (2012W)

Extra-clausal constituents: exploring language use beyond sentence grammar

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
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).

Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 09.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 16.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 23.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 30.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 06.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 13.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 20.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 27.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 04.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Friday 07.12. 14:00 - 20:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
  • Saturday 08.12. 09:00 - 14:00 Raum 1 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-05
  • Tuesday 11.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 18.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 08.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 15.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
    Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Tuesday 22.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Tuesday 29.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Grammar is often given an unduly narrow definition as Sentence Grammar, i.e. the organisation of language in terms of propositional concepts and clauses. In this seminar we will explore grammar beyond Sentence Grammar and investigate the important domain of Extra Clausal Constituents (Dik 1997), also referred to as supplements (Huddleston & Pullum 2002), disjuncts (Espinal 1991) or theticals (Kaltenböck, Heine, Kuteva 2011).
This domain can be seen as comprising a range of different elements which are all syntactically independent from their linguistic environment, such as comment clauses (e.g. I think, I guess) and other parentheticals, discourse markers, reporting clauses (e.g. she said), tag questions (e.g. isn’t it), left-dislocation (John, I haven’t seen him for a while), right-dislocation, afterthoughts, appositions, vocatives, interjections (shit!), formulae of social exchange (Good morning), imperatives, non-restrictive relative clauses etc.
These elements are typical of spoken discourse where they are particularly well suited for attending to the communicative needs of the immediate discourse situation. In the seminar we will investigate the formal and functional properties of such Extra Clausal Constituents and how they can be accounted for in a grammatical model.

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 7 December (afternoon) and Saturday 8 December.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participants will
- develop an understanding of the functional properties of grammar and the close link between grammar and context
- conduct their own empirical investigations and gain insight into linguistic methods
- work with and deepen their understanding of basic syntactic concepts
- become aware of problems of grammatical modeling and 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

Dik, S. C. 1997. The Theory of Functional Grammar, Part 2: Complex and Derived Constructions. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, chapter 17
Espinal, M. 1991. “The representation of disjunct constituents”. Language 67: 726-62.
Huddleston, R. and G. K. Pullum 2002. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1350-62
Kaltenböck, G., Heine, B. and T. Kuteva 2011. “On thetical grammar”. Studies in Language 35, 4: 848-93.
Peterson, Peter 1999. “On the boundaries of syntax: non-syntagmatic relations”. In P. Collins and D. Lee (eds.). The Clause in English: In Honour of Rodney Huddleston. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 229-50.

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: Diplom 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2, M04, M05
Lehrinhalt: 12-0334

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