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100206 PS Linguistics: Linguistic theories (2021S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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).
- Registration is open from Mo 15.02.2021 09:00 to Su 21.02.2021 19:00
- Deregistration possible until Su 21.02.2021 19:00
Details
max. 35 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The course is planned as a mixture of online and classroom teaching (after May 1st 2021). Closer information will be given in the first lession that will be held online. The format may be adapted anytime due to the COVID-19 pandemia.
- Monday 08.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 15.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 22.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 12.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 19.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 26.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 03.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 10.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 17.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 31.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 07.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 14.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 21.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
- Monday 28.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The course introduces into historical sociolinguistics. It focuses data sources and methods suitable for their analysis. In a guided research format, students test these methods. Based on their practical experiences, they select an area of interest in the context of mulitlingualism and language contact, consolidate their knowledge through literature review, develop research questions and hypotheses. These are then put to test in a small empirical study, the results of are reported in the term paper.
Assessment and permitted materials
Three aspects are evaluated in the course:• PARTICIPATION: completion of tasks (depending on the type of task either the submission or the content are evaluated)
• PRESENTATION in digital format
• TERM PAPER (Proseminararbeit) of 15 pages main text (without cover page, table of contents, references and appendix; deadline: 01. 03. 2021)
• PRESENTATION in digital format
• TERM PAPER (Proseminararbeit) of 15 pages main text (without cover page, table of contents, references and appendix; deadline: 01. 03. 2021)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
In the final evaluation, the above mentioned aspects weighed as follows. Note that each aspect has to be passed in order to pass the course.• Participation: 25 %
• Presentation: 15 %
• Term paper: 60 %In order to be evaluated, students are required to attend the course regularly at the individually scheduled dates (either in personally or online). A maximum of three absences is tolerated.
• Presentation: 15 %
• Term paper: 60 %In order to be evaluated, students are required to attend the course regularly at the individually scheduled dates (either in personally or online). A maximum of three absences is tolerated.
Examination topics
see above
Reading list
Literature will be announced on Moodle. For preparation the following papers are recommended. Both of them are available online via u:access:• Elspaß, Stephan (2015): Grammatischer Wandel im (Mittel-)Neuhochdeutschen – von oben und von unten. Perspektiven einer Historischen Soziolinguistik des Deutschen. In: Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik 43(3), 387–420 (insbes. 388–390).
• Auer, Peter (2015): Die Geschichte der germanistischen Soziolinguistik in Deutschland: eine Skizze. In: Eichinger, Ludwig M. (Hg.): Sprachwissenschaft im Fokus: Positionsbestimmungen und Perspektiven. Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter, 379–405.
• Auer, Peter (2015): Die Geschichte der germanistischen Soziolinguistik in Deutschland: eine Skizze. In: Eichinger, Ludwig M. (Hg.): Sprachwissenschaft im Fokus: Positionsbestimmungen und Perspektiven. Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter, 379–405.
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