SoSe 20: PS-Ling. Theory and Gram. of English: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Alexander Rauhut
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During this seminar, we take a scientific perspective on language. We will learn about the tools and the thinking process applied in empirical research and review academic texts. We will deepen the knowledge from the introduction and apply it on various research questions in linguistics. Special focus of this seminar will be lexical patterns in English. We will explore its regularities and irregularities, explore the way the vocabulary is organized in our mind and how it is connected to our psychology.
In the end, students will be able to design and carry out their own linguistic research project.
The accompanying lecture course 'Levels of Linguistic Analysis I' will provide the methodological basis that will be applied throughout the seminar and in the final paper.
Credit requirements are:
- regular and active participation in seminar
- regular and active participation in the accompanying lecture course by Prof. Anatol Stefanowitsch
- weekly reading assignments and/or research homework
- student presentation
- an academic paper of c2000 words
12 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung