122228 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper / MA historical & descriptive linguistics / MA applied linguistics (2013W)
Usage-based approach to linguistic investigations
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 16.09.2013 00:00 to Su 22.09.2013 23:59
- Registration is open from We 25.09.2013 00:00 to We 02.10.2013 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2013 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Wednesday 09.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 16.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 23.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 30.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 06.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 13.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 20.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 27.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 04.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 11.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 18.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 08.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 15.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 22.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Wednesday 29.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar offers an overview of empirical approaches to the investigation of such linguistic phenomena as polysemy, synonymy, collocation and metaphor. The reading and discussion of the existing studies will be followed by the hands-on experience of working with language corpora. The emphasis will be placed on the interaction between quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will be assessed on the basis of in-class participation (continuous assessment 40%) and a term paper (60%).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This seminar offers and overview of studies on synonymy, polysemy and collocation patterns and will aquaint students with a number of qualitative and quantitative methods of analyzing them.
Examination topics
Reading, class discussions, solving in-class tasks, term paper (7000 words for MA and TEFL students, 11 000 for BA students).
Reading list
Moon, Rosamund. ‘English adjectives in like, and the interplay of collocation and morphology’. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 16(4): 486-513.Stefanowitsch, Anatol. 2005. ‘The function of metaphor. Developing a corpus-based perspective’. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10(2): 161-198.Tummers, Jose Kris Heylen Dirk Geeraerts. 2005. ‘Usage-based approaches in Cognitive Linguistics. A technical state of the art’. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 1(2): 225-261.Thelwall, Mike. 2005. ‘Creating and using web corpora’. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10(4): 517-541.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2, M04, M05
Lehrinhalt: 12-0334
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2, M04, M05
Lehrinhalt: 12-0334
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