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122221 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper (2016S)

English in Vienna

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

Please note that the research projects to be carried out in this seminar are based on student group work (while papers are written individually). Students signing up must be willing to cooperate productively in groups.
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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).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 17.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 07.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 14.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 21.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 28.04. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 12.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 19.05. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 02.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 09.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 16.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 23.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
  • Thursday 30.06. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The focus of this course is the empirical exploration of the status and role of the English language in Viennese public space, i.e., in what can be called the 'linguistic landscape' (LL) of Vienna. Empirical methods will be applied in hands-on field investigations of the object of study.
Students will complete group field work projects that establish and describe forms of the presence of English in the Viennese LL. For data collection, students will take photographs of LL signs in designated survey areas in Vienna. Data collection and analysis are guided by the research methodology, designs, and rationale of the ongoing FWF-project 'English in the Linguistic Landscape of Vienna, Austria (ELLViA)' – see http://homepage.univie.ac.at/barbara.soukup/ellvia.html

The goals of this course are
i) to further develop the research and analytical skills necessary for the study of linguistics, with a particular focus on conducting sociolinguistic field work;
ii) to develop course participants' knowledge and insight in the topic area of linguistic landscapes and language use in the public space.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students carry out fieldwork projects that are to be the basis for their final seminar/BA papers.
Field work is to be carried out in small groups. However, the final seminar/BA paper is to be written individually, on the basis of the collectively compiled data.
Further tasks include: project proposal and outline, oral project presentation, class participation, assignments.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The following constitute mandatory requirements for this course:
- Individual seminar/BA paper (70pts) – to be submitted by the indicated deadline
- Project fieldwork and oral presentation (20pts)
- Assignments (including proposal and literature search) and class participation (10pts).

Sehr gut: 100-91pts, Gut: 90-81pts, Befriedigend: 80-71pts, Genügend: 70-61pts, Nicht genügend: 60-0pts.

To pass this course, you must receive a passing point score (=more than 50% of points) on at least 2 out of the 3 above-listed; and you must reach at least 61pts overall.

Further minimum requirement for passing:
Class attendance (max. 2 absences)

Examination topics

See course content.

Reading list

Mandatory course reading: Backhaus, Peter. 2007. Linguistic landscapes: A comparative study of urban multilingualism in Tokyo. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

>Please note: the deadline for reading Backhaus 2007 is March 17, 2016 (=second course session).

Further readings to be announced in class.

Association in the course directory

Studium: UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222

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