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160148 PS Introductory seminar in this subject area (2019S)

Information Structure in Romance Languages

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 19.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 26.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 02.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 09.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 30.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 07.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 14.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 21.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 28.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 04.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 18.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Tuesday 25.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This class will focus on information structure and Romance Languages. The term "information structure" goes back to Halliday (1967) and has been used since then to refer to the partition of the sentences into categories like focus, background, topic, comment, etc. Romance languages are interesting from this point of view for several reasons, the most widely discussed one being the observation that information-structure categories such topic and focus play a fundamental role in the word order of the sentences in these languages.
We will read articles that explore several aspects of information structure in the different romance languages - focussing on Italian, French, Portuguese and Catalan.
No previous knowledge on any Romance language is required (but might be useful...)

Assessment and permitted materials

First half of the class: students will have weekly homework assignments related to the reading for each class.
Second half: oral presentations of one text pre-selected by the teacher and the student (a list will be provided on the first day of class).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation in class is extremely important, and will count as half of your grade - together with the homework assignment. Basically, it is crucial for the good ongoing of this class that the students read the selected texts and come to class ready to discuss them.
Second half of your grade will be based on your oral presentation. You'll also have to provide a handout for the presentation.

Examination topics

There will be no exam nor term paper.
Participation in class, homework and oral presentation will compose your final examination.

Reading list

The reading list will be uploaded on moodle.

Association in the course directory

MA1-M3

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