Universität Wien

160153 PS Advanced Methods - Corpus Linguistics (2021W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
ON-SITE

Basic computer knowledge. No programming experience is required.
Moodle

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).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 11.10. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 08.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 22.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 29.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 13.12. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 10.01. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 17.01. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Monday 24.01. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is designed to introduce students to the notion of corpus linguistics (CL) as a scientific method. In addition, certain topics from Construction Grammar (CxG) will also be covered in the course.

At the end of the course, students should be able
- to explain the advantages of using corpus data in the study of language;
- to formulate and develop scientific hypothesis and/or quantify research questions so that they can be investigated by means of CL;
- to explain that CL is a mode of statistical scientific explanation;
- to investigate the semantics and grammar of lexical items by means of CL tools;
- to investigate lexical features of genres and registers;
- to explain what Construction Grammar is;
- to identify and describe grammatical constructions in terms of CL notions;
- to apply CL methodology to the research areas in applied linguistics (e.g. critical discourse analysis, literary stylistics, language learning).

Assessment and permitted materials

Homework/classroom CL analysis
Classroom discussions
Oral presentation
Research paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students are required to attend classes regularly and to maintain an 85% attendance rate.

Examination topics

Lecturing
Exercises
Core reading
Class discussions

Reading list

Stefanowitsch, A. (2020). Corpus linguistics: A guide to the methodology. Language Science Press.
McEnery, M. T. (2019). Corpus linguistics. Edinburgh University Press.
Gries, S. T. (2016). Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: A practical introduction. Routledge.
Bubenhofer, N. (2009). Sprachgebrauchsmuster: Korpuslinguistik als Methode der Diskurs-und Kulturanalyse (Vol. 4). Walter de Gruyter.

Association in the course directory

MA2-M3

Last modified: Mo 06.09.2021 17:48