Universität Wien

160173 PS Introductory seminar in Semantics and Pragmatics (2024W)

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

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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).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 02.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 09.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 16.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 23.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 30.10. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 06.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 13.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 20.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 27.11. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 04.12. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 11.12. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 08.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 15.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 22.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Wednesday 29.01. 11:15 - 12:45 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

SEMANTIC THEORIES OF TENSE
Earlier this year, the Universities of Graz, Vienna and Salzburg jointly won a grant to fund nine research projects in theoretical linguistics for four years. The topic of this whole 'Spezialforschungsbereich' is 'Redundancy and Deficiency', and its main focus are pronouns. In this class I will introduce my project on tense (there are many pronominal theories of tense) by way of a more general introduction to tense semantics, followed by a presentation of the research foci of the project.
The seminar will be quite hands-on. In the first part, participants need to do reading and some homeworks for comprehension/practice. In the second half, you will choose an original topic in temporal semantics to do some (empirical and/or theoretical) work on.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular attendance, active participation (20%), discussion lead (30%), final essay (50%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance and active participation in class, leading a discussion and submission of final paper is required.
Presentations and final paper will be marked according to pre-published marking criteria to be made available on Moodle.
Overall, 50% of success in each component merits a pass grade.

Examination topics

topics discussed in class, readings

Reading list

tba. (Moodle)

Association in the course directory

BA-M12
MA1-M3-2

Last modified: Th 29.08.2024 14:46