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160017 PS Introductory seminar in this subject area (2011S)

Bedeutungswandel

Continuous assessment of course work

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 16.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 23.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 30.03. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 06.04. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 13.04. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 04.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 11.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 18.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 25.05. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 01.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 08.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 15.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 22.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 29.06. 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Cognitive foundations of reference and signification.
Socially and culturally determined semasiological variation.
Interaction of semiotic and pragmatic dimensions of linguistic cognition and communication.
Role of semantic change in general tendencies of cultural evolution and transformation.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam at the end of the term.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Acquisition of multimodal understanding of processes and patterns in language history by means of empirical semasiology and semantic theory.

Examination topics

Structured presentation.

Reading list

Gerd Fritz, Historische Semantik. Stuttgart, Metzler (Reihe Sammlung Metzler), 2. aktualisierte Auflage, 2006.
Rudi Keller / Ilja Kirschbaum, Bedeutungswandel. Eine Einführung. Berlin / New York, de Gruyter (Reihe de Gruyter Studienbuch), 2003.
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs / Dasher, Richard B. o Regularity in Semantic Change. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Regine Eckardt, Meaning change in grammaticalization. An enquiry into semantic reanalysis. Oxford etc., Oxford University Press, 2006 (auch als Online-Ressource verfügbar).
Words in time. Diachronic semantics from different points of view. Ed.: Regine Eckardt. Berlin etc., de Gruyter, 2003.
From polysemy to semantic change. Towards a typology of lexical semantic associations. Ed.: Martine Vanhove. Amsterdam / Philadelphia, John Benjamins, 2008.
Théories contemporaines du changement sémantique. Leuven, Peeters, 2000 (Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, nouvelle série, tome IX).

Association in the course directory

Codes alter Studienplan: 213, 226, 803

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