Wintersemester 2004/2005
Sprachwissenschaft
Lehrveranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2004/2005
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Veranstaltungsorte: |
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R. 214 = |
Melanchthonianum, Universitätsplatz 8/9
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Abkürzungsverzeichnis: |
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Hs = K = Ps = Ü = |
Einführung
Hauptseminar Kolloquium Proseminar Übung |
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Hörsaal
Diplom Magister Lehramt |
Introduction to English Linguistics
| E | di 14-16 | Mel. HS XXI | MA, D, LA (obl.) |
Course outline:
This course is especially designed to introduce first semester students to the structure, history and varieties of the English language by giving a first orientation on the central areas and disciplines of English-language linguistics.The
topics to be covered are:
- Sounds: The phonology of English.
- Words: The forms and functions of words, word meanings, and vocabularies.
- Sentences: The structure of simple sentences, complex syntax.
We shall also be looking, although rather briefly, at other linguistic disciplines such as the history of the English language and aspects of language in use.
In addition, this course will also focus on fundamental study techniques, e.g. basic literature, reference works, function of the University library, research facilities, etc., all of which are essential for the further successful study ofEnglish-language
linguistics.
Prospective participants are strongly recommended to order the course book mentioned below well in advance.
Prerequisites:
None
Basic literature:
Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman and Nina Hyams. An Introduction to Language. 7th ed. Boston: Heinle, 2003.
Registration:
Until the first meeting of class in October.
Credit:
Written final examination (90 minutes). The passing of the final test is the prerequisite to visit a Proseminar in linguistics.
Reserve bookshelf:
In the departmental library Dachritzstr. 12 (basement)
Phonology and Phonetics: Exercises in English Phonetics and Intonation I
| Ü | di 9-10
di 10-11 mi 9-10 do 9-10 |
Mel. HS E
Mel. HS E Mel. HS E Mel. HS E |
LA (obl.), ab 1. Semester |
Course outline:
The exercises begin with the practice of individual sounds, sound combinations and intonation patterns. This leads to the reading aloud of phonetic and tonetic texts. Both kinds of exercise will be aided by listening to and reading the respective
patternsand the transcription of tonetic texts.
As future teachers need to have some theoretical background knowledge, at the same time, you will have to acquire the basics of segmental phonetics (the articulation of English phonemes, especially that of vowels, their variants, why certain mistakes
aremade by Germans, how to eradicate them, etc.) as well as the basics of suprasegmental phonetics (stress, rhythm, the tones used in intellectual speech, etc.).
You might want to copy the file / material on "Phonetics and Intonation" in the library reading-room.
Basic literature:
Arnold, Roland & Hansen, Klaus. (1996). Englische Phonetik. Leipzig: Langenscheidt / Enzyklopädie.
(Gimson, A.C.). (1994). Gimson's Pronunciation of English. Fifth Edition. Revised by Alan Cruttenden. London: Edward Arnold.
Registration:
Until the first meeting of class in October.
Credit:
Regular active participation, self-study, the handing in of transcriptions and the passing of two written tests as well as one reading-test is necessary for the so-called "Phonetik-Schein".
Dr. Christoph Haase (TU Chemnitz)
Introduction to Cognitive Grammar
| Ps | fr 14-16 | R. 214 | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.)
Beginn: 22.10.2004 |
Course outline:
"Cognitive Linguistics [...] is an approach to language that is based on our experience of the world and the way we perceive and conceptualize it." (Ungerer 1996,x). The seminar focuses on the unique view that "Cognitive Grammar", an influential model
developed by R. Langacker, offers on a broad range of grammatical phenomena. In contrast to descriptive approaches, Cognitive Grammar emphasizes that modules traditionally considered separate are in fact polar ends of a continuum, e.g. the continuum from
lexical to grammatical morphemes. From the morpheme level we will work upwards to fundamental grammatical categories like nouns and verbs. Cognitive Grammar redefines these categories as units which are essentially symbolic in nature. This means that
perceptual principles like proximity and continuation influence grammatical phenomena like number for nouns or tense and aspect for verbs. We will investigate how these perceptual principles shape basic word order in English, how transitivity of verbs can
be made plausible and what the real meaning of active vs. passive is. Finally, we want to look at how this perspective on language contrasts with competing theories, especially within the more traditional, descriptive framework. Course requirements will
be reading assignments of relevant material provided upon course start as well as presentations on different topics. "Schein" requirements will be a presentation and a term paper.
Prerequisites:
'Introduction to English Linguistics' passed with satisfactory results.
Registration:
Bitte tragen Sie sich bei Interesse umgehend in die Teilnehmerliste im Ordner Sprachwissenschaft: Grundstudium ein. Die Veranstaltung beginnt in der 2. Semesterwoche, also am Freitag, den 22. Oktober 2004.
Further reading:
Janssen, Theo and Gisela Redeker (1999). Cognitive Linguistics: Foundations, Scope, and Methodology. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Langacker, Ronald (1993). Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, vol.1.: theoretical prerequisites. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Langacker, Ronald (1990). Concept, Image, and Symbol. The Cognitive Basis of Grammar. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Ungerer, Friedrich and Hans-Jörg Schmid (1996). An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. London, New York: Longman.
⇒ The English Language System
Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics
| Ps | fr 10-12 | Mel. HS XIX | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.) |
Course outline:
Have you ever noticed that English is strikingly similar to German in some aspects but confusingly different in others and sometimes even closer to French than to German? Have you ever wondered why we say 'one spoon - two spoons' but 'one child -
twochildren'? Why are some verbs irregular whereas others have a so-called irregular paradigm? Have you ever read a text by Shakespeare and had the feeling that although the words look familiar the overall sense remained somehow unclear to you?
This class is designed to give you answers to these questions and to many others you haven't even thought of asking yourself. It will provide you with an overview of the diachronic development of the English language and its periodisation, and
willfamiliarise you with previous forms of Present-day English, such as Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English. However, the main intention of this class is to explain features of Present-day English by intra-linguistic developments as well
aspast extra-linguistic developments, such as language and culture contact and societal changes. We will therefore combine historical linguistics with sociolinguistic issues and will eventually also discuss why and how all languages change.
Prerequisites:
'Introduction to English Linguistics' passed with satisfactory results.
Registration:
The number of topics for oral presentations is restricted to 25, organised according to first come - first served. Please register personally by October 1st during office hours.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation, passing of final written exam.
Leistungsschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation, passing of final written exam, oral presentation.
Required reading before our first session:
Jucker, Andreas H. (2000). History of English and English Historical Linguistics. Stuttgart/Düsseldorf/Leipzig: Klett, 7-14.
⇒ The History of English, Historical Linguistics
⇒ Please note that Dr. Annemarie Hindorf's seminar Altenglische, mittelenglische und Frühneuenglische Texte is related in topic and we recommend participation in both seminars.
Altenglische, mittelenglische und frühneuenglische Texte
| Ps | mi 10-12 | Mel. HS E |
Course outline:
Anhand von Textproben - aus der "Angelsächsischen Chronik", aus Chaucers "Canterbury Tales", sowie aus Shakespeares Sonetten und Dramen - werden in diesem Proseminar Besonderheiten des Alt-, Mittel- und Frühneuenglischen behandelt und das
Verständnis fürden Zusammenhang zwischen Sprachveränderungen und Kulturgeschichte geweckt. Durch Sprachvergleiche lernen die Studenten, Sprachverwandtschaften zu erkennen und sich morphonologischer, lexikogrammatischer und semantischer
Entwicklungen bewußt zu werden
Prerequisites:
"Introduction to English Linguistics" passed with satisfactory results.
Basic literature:
Pyles, Thomas & Algeo, John. (1982). The Origins and Development of the English Language. New York and London : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers.
Lehnert, Martin. (1990). Altenglisches Elementarbuch. Sammlung Göschen 2210. Berlin - New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Bähr, Dieter. (1983). Einführung ins Mittelenglische. UTB 361. München: Fink, Uni-Taschenbücher.
Registration:
Until the first meeting of class in October.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft: Regular active participation, self-study and the passing of at least three short written tests;
Leistungsschein Sprachwissenschaft: Regular active participation, self-study, the passing of at least three short written tests and the passing of a final written test.
⇒ The History of English, Historical Linguistics
⇒ Please note that Dr. Anne Schröder's seminar Introduction to Diachronic Linguistics is related in topic and we recommend participation in both seminars.
Semantics
| Ps | do 16-18 | Mel. HS E | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.) |
Course outline:
Long before linguistics came into being as a scientific discipline, philosophers and other thinkers were speculating about the nature of meaning. It had been realised that meaning is a central factor in human language and that language, in order to
fulfilits communicative function, must have content. Semantics as the study and analysis of meaning has therefore become one of the central and possibly most debated areas in linguistics. Throughout the history of linguistics, the topic has been
approached fromvarious angles, affected and influenced by a number of linguistic sub-disciplines and methodological or foundational trends. This has led to a number of different theories of semantics.
This class is intended to introduce students to the subject by looking at meaning at word, sentence, text and context level and to present a variety of theoretical approaches to semantics, such as structural semantics, formal semantics and
cognitivesemantics. Some of these approaches will then provide a backdrop for the ensuing discussion of semantic change, i.e. the question why (word) meaning has changed and will continue to change throughout the history of every language.
Prerequisites:
'Introduction to English Linguistics' passed with satisfactory results.
Registration:
The number of topics for oral presentations is restricted to 25, organised on a first come - first served basis. Please register personally by October 1st during office hours.
Credit:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation, oral presentation.
Leistungsschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation, oral presentation and term paper (to be handed in by March 15th at the latest).
Required reading before our first session:
Saeed, John I. (2003). Semantics. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell, chapter 1.
Basic literature:
Lyons, John (1995). Linguistic Semantics. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP.
Saeed, John I. (2003). Semantics. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell.
⇒ The English Language System, Language in Use
English Syntax in Popular Fiction/Drama
| Ps | mi 16-18 | R. 214 | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.) |
Course outline:
The course is a continuation of the basic introduction to English syntax and deals with the grammar of modern fictional texts. Communicative acts and corresponding syntactic structures in the interaction between writer and reader will be covered as wellas
message organisation, interpersonal viewpoints, clause combination and projection as well as the expression of spatial, temporal and other circumstantial relationships. The corpus material for individual presentations are contemporary publications inthe
field of 'low' literature (magazine stories, pulp fiction, soap opera, one-act plays, etc.).
Basic literature:
Biber, Douglas et al., Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Harlow: Pearson, 2002.
Downing, Angela, and Philip Locke, A University Course in English Grammar. New York: Harcourt, 1992.
Lock, Graham, Functional English Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Sinclair, John, ed., Collins Cobuild English Grammar. London: Collins, 1990.
Prerequisites:
Pass in 'Introduction to English Linguistics'.
Registration:
Registration from 4 October onwards (name list); consultation on 6 October, 10-12 a.m., R.220.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation and the presentation of a paper in class.
Leistungsschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation, the presentation of a 'paper' in class and a written term paper (to be handed in by March 30th at the latest).
⇒ Language in Use, The English Language System
The English Verb
| Hs | di 10-12 | R. 214 | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.) |
Course outline:
In this seminar we shall be looking at various aspects that are related to the verb and the verb phrase in the English language. A brief historical sketch tracing the major changes in the English verbal system will be followed by a closer investigation
ofsemantic and syntactic properties of verbs. The following aspects will be dealt with in greater detail: verb types, including multi-word verbs, the tense and aspect system, mood and modality.
The following text should have been read by the beginning of term: Aarts, Bas & Charles F. Meyer. The Verb in Contemporary English. Cambridge: CUP, 1995, 1-24 (chapter 1: "Introduction: theoretical and descriptive
approachesto the study of the verb in English").
Basic literature:
Leech, Geoffrey N. Meaning and the English Verb. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1987 [11. impression 1998].
Palmer, Frank R. The English Verb. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1988 [6. impression 1994].
A detailed bibliography of writings on the topic and a list of possible term papers will be available from July 16th during office hours between semesters.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate examination. (Der erfolgreiche Abschluss der Zwischenprüfung ist bis zur ersten Sitzung nachzuweisen.)
Registration:
In person during office hours until October 1st.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation and the presentation of a Referat in class.
Leistungsnachweis Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch for regular active participation and presentation of a Referat in class and a written version of this paper to be handed in by March 15th at thelatest.
Reserve bookshelf:
A reserve bookshelf will be put up in the departmental library and an extensive bibliography of secondary sources and suggested topics for term papers will be available from July 16th during office hours between semesters.
⇒ The English Language System
Shakespeare at the Crossroads between Philology and Linguistics
| Hs | fr 10-12 | R. 214 | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.) |
Course outline:
In this seminar we shall be looking at the way in which Shakespeare makes use of the linguistic devices of Early Modern English. Thus, we will examine the way in which he exploits the lexical (word-formation, use of Germanic and Romance
vocabulary,neologisms) as well as the morpho-syntactic possibilities (pronouns, forms of address, sentence structure, etc.), which in his days, with the standard of Modern English being in the making, were in some respects more numerous and more flexible
than theyare in present-day English. In so doing we will try to account for the impact of these meaningful choices.
As the interactional style is normally different in tragedies and comedies, we will examine the tragedy King Lear, and the comedy As You Like It to determine the implications of this difference for the use of linguistic structure and
therealisation of communicative patterns.
The two dramas (preferably in the Arden Edition) should have been read by the beginning of term. It is assumed that prospective participants are familiar with the basic linguistic developments of the English language from 1500
to1650.
Basic literature:
Blake, Norman. The Language of Shakespeare. An Introduction. 2nd ed. 1989. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Brook, G. L. The Language of Shakespeare. 1976. London: Deutsch.
Hussey, S. S. The Literary Language of Shakespeare. 1982. London: Longman.
Scheler, Manfred. Shakespeares Englisch. Eine sprachwissenschaftliche Einführung. 1982. Berlin: E. Schmidt.
Suerbaum, Ulrich. Shakespeares Dramen. 2nd ed. Tübingen: Francke, 2001.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate examination. (Der erfolgreiche Abschluss der Zwischenprüfung ist bis zur ersten Sitzung nachzuweisen.)
Registration:
In person during office hours until October 1st.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch: Regular attendance and active participation and the presentation of a Referat in class.
Leistungsnachweis Sprachwissenschaft or Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch for regular active participation and presentation of a Referat in class and a written version of this paper to be handed in byMarch
15th at the latest.
Reserve bookshelf:
A reserve bookshelf will be put up in the departmental library and an extensive bibliography of secondary sources and suggested topics for term papers will be available from July 16th during office hours between semesters.
⇒ The History of English, Historical Linguistics
Critical Discourse Analysis
| Hs | mi 10-12 | Mel. HS D | MA, D, LA (wahlobl.) |
Course outline:
The course is designed to give an introduction to discourse analysis in general and to Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis in particular, with the respective terminology and major approaches to language, discourse and text playing a
prominentpart. Communication in the mass media, discourse types, intertextuality, mediatized political discourse, language and political correctness, identity and social relations in media texts as well as the role of 'spin doctors' will be topics
underconsideration. The basis of analytical work will be speeches, interviews, news reports, election manifestos, party-political advertising, addresses to conferences and similar material.
Basic literature:
Fairclough, Norman, Media Discourse. London: Edward Arnold, 1995.
Fairclough, Norman, Analysing Discourse. London: Routledge, 2003.
Wodak, Ruth and M. Meyer (eds.), Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis. London: Sage.
Prerequisites:
Pass in Intermediate Examination. (Der erfolgreiche Abschluß der Zwischenprüfung ist bis zur ersten Sitzung nachzuweisen.)
Registration:
Registration from 4 October 2004 onwards (name list); consultation on 6 October, 10-12 a.m., R. 220.
Credits:
Hauptstudiumsschein Sprachwissenschaft Anglistik/Englisch for regular active participation and presentation of a 'Referat' in class and an extended written version of this paper to be handed in by March 30th at the latest.
⇒ Language in Use
Die Angelsächsische Chronik
| Hs | do 10-12 | Mel. HS E | ab 5. Semester |
Course outline:
Bei der sogenannten Angelsächsischen Chronik handelt es sich ursprünglich um Reichsannalen, die in den Klöstern von Winchester, Canterbury, Peterborough, Abingdon und Worcester niedergeschrieben wurden. Die meisten
Handschriftensind Kopien, angefertigt von jeweils einem Schreiber, aber die dreizehn oder vierzehn einander ablösenden Schreiber des Parker Manuskripts schrieben ab Ende des 9. Jahrhunderts das nieder, was zu ihrer Zeit
geschah, und in derSprache, die sie und ihre Zeitgenossen verwendeten. Der erste Schreiber erzählt uns von den Anfängen der angelsächsischen Gesellschaft, - der letzte bricht nach der Normannischen Eroberung ab. Das Manuskript ist nicht nur
für Historiker interessant wegender Beschreibung der englischen Geschichte; für Anglisten liegt die eigentliche Faszination in der Tatsache, daß man hier die schrittweise Veränderung der (alt-)englischen Sprache verfolgen kann.
Basic literature:
Plummer, Charles. (ed.) (1892). Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel - with supplementary extracts from the others. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.
Garmonsway, G.N. (ed.) (1990). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Everyman's Library.
Registration:
Until the first meeting of class in October.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft: Regular active participation and the presentation of a Referat in class.
Leistungsschein Sprachwissenschaft: Regular active participation, the presentation of a Referat in class and a written version of this paper, together with the linguistic analysis of a short passage of the Chronicle,
tobe handed in by April 5th at the latest.
⇒ Please note that a reasonable proficiency in reading Old English texts, or at least some basic knowledge of Old English phonology, morphology and syntax, is a prerequisite for joining this advanced course.
⇒ The History of English / Historical Linguistics
Middle English Mystics: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe
| Hs | di 10-12 | Mel. HS E |
Course outline:
Religious writings during the Middle Ages everywhere relied heavily on dreams and visions, and as late as in the 14th century mystics wrote down their visions or what they believed to have been visions.
Visions were seen as a device to secure literary credibility and were strongly associated with the moral and didactic spirit of the times. Apart from this, they were used as a medium to display fatalism about life in this world, a sense of the
transienceof life on earth, and perceptions of eternity.
This course will deal with extracts from the writings of such well-known Middle English mystics as Richard Rolle of Hampole, Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe.
Basic literature:
Windeatt, Barry. (1994) English Mystics of the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Barratt, Alexander (ed.) (1992) Women's Writing in Middle English. London and New York: Longman.
Registration:
Until the first meeting of class in October.
Credits:
Teilnahmeschein Sprachwissenschaft: Regular active participation and the presentation of a Referat in class.
Leistungsschein Sprachwissenschaft: Regular active participation, the presentation of a Referat in class and a written version of this paper, together with the linguistic analysis of a short passage of one of those Middle English
texts,to be handed in by April 5th at the latest.
⇒ The History of English / Historical Linguistics
Kolloquium für Examenskandidaten
| K | do 14-16 | R. 214 | fakultativ |
Course outline:
In the colloquium we shall be discussing matters of English-language linguistics that are relevant in preparing for the coming examinations.
Apart from central issues in English linguistics and study techniques that may be helpful for the oral and/or written final examination, there is also the possibility to present and discuss ongoing research ranging from state examination theses to
largerprojects.
Registration:
In person during office hours until 1 October.