Universität Wien

160208 SE Seminar in this subject area (2011S)

The Semantics of Modal Particles

Continuous assessment of course work

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 10.03. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 17.03. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 24.03. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 31.03. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 07.04. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 14.04. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 05.05. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 12.05. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 19.05. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 26.05. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 09.06. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 16.06. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
Thursday 30.06. 17:30 - 19:00 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Modal particles like German ja, wohl, doch, aber etc. contribute elusive, non-truth conditional aspects to sentence meanings. Based on nascent work on the subject in formal pragmatics (conventional implicatures), this class aims to review the (sparse) formal literature on the topic and develop an approach towards analyzing these particles in German and other languages.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation, presentations, final paper; critical review of one or several of the approaches discussed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Overview of recent contributions to the topic. To develop skills in understading and critically reviewing research contributions.

Examination topics

Readings will be assigned on a weekly basis; participants will prepare and present readings.

Reading list

Wird bekannt gegeben.

Association in the course directory

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