Universität Wien

132024 VO Information structure contrastive (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
MIXED

Die Unterrichtseinheit am 15.11.2024 entfällt wegen dem Seminar: From the centre to the boundaries: Understanding and teaching grammar
Moodle

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Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Die Unterrichtseinheit am 15.11.2024 entfällt wegen dem Seminar: From the centre to the boundaries: Understanding and teaching grammar.

Update 22.01.2025: Die Unterrichtseinheit am 24.01.2025 findet digital Online statt.

  • Friday 11.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 18.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 25.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 22.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 29.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 06.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 13.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 10.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 17.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Friday 24.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with ways of structuring sentences in order to fit them into the wider context of speech (e.g. in relation to the speaker's communication goals or the listener's level of information). In addition to the basics of information structure theory (givenness, topicalisation and focus), the course deals with linguistic means of shaping information structure in different languages (Hungarian, German, Finnish and possibly also English).

Assessment and permitted materials

Total score: 100 points
Minimum requirement: 50 points

Ways to reach the points:
EITHER
1. Written exam: 100 points OR
2. 40 points for homeworks and activity + 60 points for the written exam

Written exam.
1. exam: Friday 31.01.2025 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01 2L-O1-01

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment criteria:
90-100% = Sehr gut
75-89% = Gut
60-74 % = Befriedigend
50%-59 %= Genügend

Examination topics

The content of the lectures. (The slides and the most important literature will be uploaded to Moodle.)

Reading list

Féry, Caroline and Ishihara, Shinichiro (eds) 2016. The Oxford handbook of information structure. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199642670.001.0001
Gyuris, Beáta 2012. The information structure of Hungarian. In: M. Krifka/R. Musan (Hg.) The expression of information structure. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, 159-186.
Musan, Renate 2017. Informationsstuktur. Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH, Heidelberg
Musan, Renate 2022. Informationsstruktur. In Linguistik im Sprachvergleich, 529–41. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62806-5_27
Vilkuna, Maria 2022. Word order. In Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, and Elena Skribnik (eds): The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0049

Association in the course directory

BAHU 520, BAHF 610

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