Universität Wien

122229 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper / MA historical & descriptive linguistics / MA applied linguistics (2012W)

Cognitive Corpus Linguistics

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 10.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 17.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 24.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 31.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 07.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 14.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 21.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 28.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 05.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 12.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 09.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 16.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
  • Wednesday 23.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Wednesday 30.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Seminar will introduce students to the basic concepts and tools of corpus linguistics. Issues such as corpus representativity, web-as-corpus, crpus-based vs. corpus-driven research will be touched upon. The investigated case studies will focus on cognitive linguistic approach to issues such as polysemy, synonymy, collocations and metaphors. The emphasis will be placed on quantitative research methods, especially on the multivariate analysis of the semantic, syntactic and pragmatic features of word uses. Some examples of qualitative corpus analyses will also be discussed.

Assessment and permitted materials

* Attending classes regularly
* Doing the assigned reading
* Participation in class discussion
* Fulfilling the in-class tasks (40% of the final grade, 4 tasks, 10 points each
* Writing an essay presenting a small-scale corpus based study (60% of the final grade)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Knowledge:
Students learn what language corpora are and how they are used in linguistic research, in particular in cognitive linguistics.
Skills:
1. Students learn to read academic articles critically.
2. Students practice how to contribute to and or moderate discussions.
3. Students learn how to use basic corpus software (concordancer).
4. Students learn how to use R - the processing software for statistical computing and graphics (multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis)
5. Students learn how to annotate linguistic data.

Examination topics

Readings, classroom discussions, in-class tasks, team task, presentation, individual research project

Reading list

Gries, Stefan Th. and Anatol Stefanowitsch. 2006. Corpora in Cognitive Linguistics. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
McEnery, Tony and Andrew Wilson. 1996 [2001]. Corpus Linguistics. An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press.
A complete reading list will be available on the first class.

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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