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120054 SE Linguistics Seminar (222) = Seminar Linguistik/BA-Arbeit (2009S)

Semantic change and what speakers have to do with it

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

ECTS UF Englisch: 3P.

Diese LVA gilt für das Bachelorstudium nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).

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Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 09.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 16.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 23.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 30.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 20.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 27.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 04.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 11.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 18.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 25.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 08.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 15.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 22.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 29.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In this seminar we shall deal with semantic change and look at the development of words such as to worry, which once meant 'to strangle' (cf. German würgen), lady, which once referred to woman who "kneads bread" (i.e. hlaf [cf. loaf, German Laib] dige [cf. German Teig] ), or humor (which derives from the "fluid or juice of an animal or plant"). We shall collect our data mainly by exploring the Oxford English Dictionary (on CD-Rom), but will gather additional evidence from various electronic corpora. In reconstructing the semantic developments of words, our focus will be on the question how the pragmatically grounded processes by which speakers construct situational meaning in discourse conspire to drive the historical development of conventionalised word meanings.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Participants will be assessed on the basis of oral presentations and written research papers. All presentations will take place during a seminar conference at the end of May (May 22nd, afternoon, and May 23rd, all day). Full participation in the conference is mandatory, so please bear this in mind when registering for the course.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course intends to make us not only aware that word meanings are variable and changeable, but also that the term ¿meaning¿ itself is highly ambiguous. In particular, we shall attempt do understand that the very notion that a word has a specific meaning in a particular language at a particular time may be an institutionalised social construct rather than an empirical fact. Additionally, the course intends to give participants the chance to carry out linguistic research projects, and to gain experience in solving the problems that such work brings about.

Prüfungsstoff

In an introductory phase, the agenda of the seminar will be presented and discussed, and participants will develop their research questions. In particular we shall attempt to develop a common conceptual tool kit for the study of meaning in its different instatiations. In the following workshop sessions we will learn how to work with the OED and relevant text corpora, and how to interpret the evidence they contain. During a seminar conference towards the end of May participants will report on the progress of their projects and attempt to make their findings relevant to one another. The final part of the seminar will be dedicated to the production of written research papers, which will be due in the first week of July.

Literatur

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Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

1081, 222, 821, 238, 722

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33