160138 PS The Grammar of Number (2024S)
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 Tu 06.02.2024 08:00 to Tu 27.02.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 40 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Thursday
07.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
14.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
21.03.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
11.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
18.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
25.04.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
02.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
N
Thursday
16.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
23.05.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
06.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
13.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
20.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday
27.06.
16:00 - 17:30
Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
20% active participation, 30% presentation, 50% squib
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Consistent attendance and active participation in class are required. Students must choose a paper to present and submit a short squib at the end of the semester.
Examination topics
Topics discussed in class and in the readings.
Reading list
The course is based on the books "Number in the World's Languages" by Paolo Acquaviva and Michael Daniel and "Number" by Greville G. Corbett.
Association in the course directory
BA-M12
MA1-M3-2 (als PS aus Grammatiktheorie und Kognitiver Sprachwissenschaft)
MA1-M3-5 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA4-WM1.1-2 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA4-WM1.5-2 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA4-WM1.6-1 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA1-M3-2 (als PS aus Grammatiktheorie und Kognitiver Sprachwissenschaft)
MA1-M3-5 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA4-WM1.1-2 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA4-WM1.5-2 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
MA4-WM1.6-1 (als LV zu Typologie und komparativer Grammatiktheorie PS)
Last modified: We 14.02.2024 10:26
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Number is a grammatical category that is reflected in various interesting phenomena, such as concord (inflection of adnominal elements like adjectives for the number of the head noun), agreement (inflection of a main verb for an argument’s number value), or verbal number (marking of the plurality of events independently from the plurality of entities).
This course is concerned with the expression and inventories of number in the world’s languages, its restrictions, rules and distributional patterns. The topic will be explored from morphological, syntactic and semantic angles. After a few introductory sessions, further content will be decided with the students’ interest & prior knowledge in mind. Some possible topics for discussion are: omnivorous number agreement (Nez Perce); singulars vs. singulatives and inverse number systems (Kiowa-Tanoan and Nilotic languages); the typological (non-)delineation of number, numerals and classifiers; and the polysemy of verbal number morphology.