Universität Wien

122225 SE Linguistics Seminar 2 (historical & descriptive linguistics) (2012S)

Semantic Change

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

Oral presentations will be given at a mini-conference taking place from Fri 11-05-2012, 14.00 to Sat 12-05-2012, 15:00). Full participation in the conference is mandatory, so please bear this in mind when registering for the course.
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Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 19.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 26.03. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 16.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 23.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 30.04. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 07.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Freitag 11.05. 14:00 - 19:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Samstag 12.05. 09:00 - 16:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Montag 14.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 21.05. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 04.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 11.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 18.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
  • Montag 25.06. 15:00 - 17:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

In this course we attempt to describe and explain changes in the meanings of English words such as to cope with, which originally meant ‘to fight with’ or to worry, which originally meant ‘to strangle’. We collect evidence from the Oxford English Dictionary Online and from diachronic corpora such as the Corpus of Historical American English, and try to account for it in terms of recent theories of semantic change. We investigate the interplay between pragmatic mechanisms of meaning construction and negotiation and the transmission of conventionalised lexical meanings, identify the mechanisms exploited for semantic innovation and attempt to detect any general principles by which semantic change may be driven.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Classroom participation, reports on project design and development (conceptual, bibliographical and methodological), oral presentation at a seminar conference, written seminar paper.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

To develop expertise in (a) the description of word meaning and its situational and historical variability, (b) the systematic treatment of dictionary and corpus data, and (c) the application of theoretical concepts in the explanation of empirically attested linguistic phenomena.

Prüfungsstoff

Classroom instruction, guided work on research projects, and guided practice in the analysis and interpretation of dictionary and corpus data.

Oral presentations will be given at a mini-conference taking place from Fri 11-05-2012, 14.00 to Sat 12-05-2012, 15:00). Full participation in the conference is mandatory, so please bear this in mind when registering for the course.

Literatur

To be announced. For introductory purposes please consult

Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Richard B. Dasher. 2002. Regularity in Semantic Change. Cambridge: University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, ME 812;
Code/Modul: Diplom 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, UF 4.2.3-222, M04
Lehrinhalt: 12-0168

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33