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120051 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA-Arbeit / MA historical & descriptive linguistics / MA applied linguistics (2011S)

Linguistic Categorization

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 10.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 17.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 24.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 31.03. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 07.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 14.04. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 05.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 12.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 19.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 26.05. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 09.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 16.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Donnerstag 30.06. 18:00 - 20:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The notion of categorization plays a crucial role in any approach to grammar, whether descriptive, generative, functional or cognitive: one cannot do linguistics without assuming the existence (in some form or other) of linguistic categories. What linguists disagree about, however, is the nature of those categories. Are they discrete and clear-cut, i.e. is category membership a matter of all or nothing? Or are grammatical categories blurred at the edges, with some members being better examples than others? And if the latter, is it always possible (and desirable) to determine category membership at all? In this course, two basic approaches to categorization – the classical approach and the prototype approach - are compared and tested on categories within the fields of semantics, morphology, syntax and phonology.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Students will be assessed on the basis of a midterm assignment, a presentation (part of a mini-conference on Sat 4 June, 9am-4pm) and a final essay. Active participation is required.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The aim of this course is to provide insight into the process of linguistic categorization, i.e. in the way humans use language to categorize objects and events from the external world (‘cat’, ‘love’, ‘art’) and in the way the linguistic items used to describe this world are themselves categorized (as nouns or verbs, as subjects or objects, or as vowels or consonants). Students will be made aware of the kind of criteria used for distinguishing linguistic categories and the problems involved in applying and evaluating these criteria.

Prüfungsstoff

Readings, assignments, classroom discussions, presentation, individual research project.

Literatur

John Taylor (2003). Linguistic Categorization. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Additional reading will be made available during the course.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, BA8, ME4, ME5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0312

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33