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120226 SE MA Seminar - Focus: Functional and Cognitive Linguistics / Linguistics Seminar (2022S)
The English Noun Phrase: structure and use
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 Tu 15.02.2022 00:00 to Th 24.02.2022 11:59
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.03.2022 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 08.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 15.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 22.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 29.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 05.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 26.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 03.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 10.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 17.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 24.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 31.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 14.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 21.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
- Tuesday 28.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Course assessment
Students will be assessed on the basis of a midterm assignment (20%), a presentation (20%) and a seminar paper (60%). Active participation is required.
Students will be assessed on the basis of a midterm assignment (20%), a presentation (20%) and a seminar paper (60%). Active participation is required.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Course evaluation is based on:
(a) regular (online) class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) handing in the midterm assignment (on time; 20%)
(c) giving the oral presentation (on set date; 20%)
(d) handing in the seminar paper (on time; 60%)Students must attain 60 of the maximum of 100 points:
90-100 points: 1
80-89 points: 2
70-79 points: 3
60-69 points: 4
<60 points: 5
(a) regular (online) class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) handing in the midterm assignment (on time; 20%)
(c) giving the oral presentation (on set date; 20%)
(d) handing in the seminar paper (on time; 60%)Students must attain 60 of the maximum of 100 points:
90-100 points: 1
80-89 points: 2
70-79 points: 3
60-69 points: 4
<60 points: 5
Examination topics
Readings, exercises, midterm assignment, classroom discussions, individual research project
Reading list
Payne, John, and Rodney Huddleston (2002). ‘Nouns and noun phrases’, in Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum (eds), The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 320-332.Keizer, Evelien (2020). Noun phrases. In Bas Aarts, Jill Bowie and Gergana Popova (eds), The Oxford Handbook of English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 335-357.
Additional articles/chapters will be made available on Moodle.
Additional articles/chapters will be made available on Moodle.
Association in the course directory
Studium: MA 812 [2];
Code/Modul: MA 4, MA 5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0496
Code/Modul: MA 4, MA 5;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0496
Last modified: Tu 22.02.2022 09:28
Nouns are a dominant part of speech, playing a central role in verbal communication. It is therefore hardly surprising that a large amount of research has been carried out into the form, function and internal structure of noun phrases (NPs). Despite the wealth of descriptive information and the large number of structural analyses this has produced, there are nevertheless many fundamental issues that remain as yet unresolved. The aim of this course is to look in detail at a number of this issues, to consider the structural, functional and cognitive dimensions of NPs, and to explore the interaction between these dimensions.
Topics will include:
- the internal structure of the NP: heads, modifiers, determiners
- different types of heads, modifiers, determiners
- the use and analysis of special types of NP: partitives (three of my friends), pseudo-partitives (a box of chocolates, a pile of money), binominals (that fool of a doctor).
These topics will not be treated from the point of one particular theoretical model; instead, throughout the course, relevant principles and notions from various linguistic frameworks will be drawn upon, compared and critically reviewed.Course aims:
- to develop students’ knowledge of the structure and function of the English noun phrase
- to make students aware of some of the many interesting (and problematic) issues involved in the analysis of noun phrases (as well as other kinds of phrases);
- to acquaint students with some of the major theoretical approaches in linguistics (generative, functional, cognitive);
- to provide students with the tools and skills needed to describe complex linguistic structures, and to evaluate and develop analyses on the basis of careful argumentation.