552.240 (20W) Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics
Überblick
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- Lehrende/r
- LV Nummer Südostverbund ENI02001UL
- LV-Titel englisch Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics
- LV-Art Proseminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
- LV-Modell Blended-Learning-Lehrveranstaltung
- Online-Anteil 50%
- Semesterstunde/n 2.0
- ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 3.0
- Anmeldungen 8 (25 max.)
- Organisationseinheit
- Unterrichtssprache Englisch
- LV-Beginn 19.10.2020
- eLearning zum Moodle-Kurs
Zeit und Ort
LV-Beschreibung
Intendierte Lernergebnisse
Intendierte Lernergebnisse
By the end of the module, using data for English, you will be well drilled in:
analysing transcribed spoken corpus data,
and analysing items with regard to their complex multi-functionality
.
You will also have acquired:
an understanding about what a corpus is, and how it can be beneficially used,
a fresh (first?) real insight into the complexities of sponataneous speech where planning and production effectively occur simultaneously .
and an understanding of how a corpus helps with linguistic description.
Lehrmethodik inkl. Einsatz von eLearning-Tools
By the end of the module, using data for English, you will be well drilled in:
analysing transcribed spoken corpus data,
and analysing items with regard to their complex multi-functionality
and understanding the nature of that multi-functionality.
You will also have acquired and understanding:
about what a corpus is, and how it can be beneficially used,
how the planning and production of spontaneous speech effectively occur simultaneously .
of what a linguistic corpus is and how a corpus helps with linguistic description.
Inhalt/e
Subdisciplines in linguistics such as cognitive linguistics, forensic linguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics apply linguistics to patterns of language behaviour with regard to an abstract construct of the real world. As a subdiscipline, corpus linguistics is also concerned with language use in real world discourse situations but does so specifically through the empirical analysis of corpus data.
Corpus Linguistics comprises three sub-fields, which are both independent and inter-related.
(1) As a subdiscipline of Linguistics, the most important element is that of Linguistics, with a focus on patterns of actual language use and their communicative function. This sub-field is motivated by research questions, which build on the accumulated body of knowledge in the field.
(2) To this end, Corpus Linguistics makes use of a corpus and of tools and methods to exploit that corpus. Corpus creation and corpus exploitation, research into which has created this sub-field, do not in themselves constitute Corpus Linguistics.
(3) The third sub-field can be said to be corpus description, or the characterisation of corpus data. Whereas this activity is necessary for Corpus Linguistics, it is often carried out without any motivation by or relevance to linguistic inquiry.
This Proseminar will thus show that:
- Corpus investigations are motivated by linguistic research questions, the results of which are interpreted relative to a linguistic theory or a cumulative body of previous linguistic research.
- Corpora are deliberately designed to represent a real-world domain of language use, i.e. the corpus is not a random collection of words, or even a random collection of linguistic tokens, but rather, the corpora are collections of objects that exist in the natural world, i.e. texts.
- As corpora provide frequency information above all, quantitative findings must not be an end of corpus description in itself but must be interpreted as linguistically interpretable and accompanied by textual examples.
- More specifically, in the context of these theoretical premises, you will underake a critical analysis of a number of pragmatic discourse markers from the SPICE-Ireland Corpus to show their function and distribution across different types of spoken data.
Erwartete Vorkenntnisse
Pass in Introduction to Linguistics I
and
Pass in Introduction to English Linguistics II
Literatur
Kate Beeching, Pragmatic Markers in British English: Meaning in Social Interaction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016) (paperback)
It is absolutely essential that you have your own copy of Beeching's book!
Copies are always available on amazon.co.uk.
Kallen, Jeffrey L. & John M. Kirk. SPICE-Ireland: A User's Guide (Belfast: Cló Ollscoil na Banríona, 2012) [on Zeus] web [or .pdf available from Prof. Kirk]
SPICE-Ireland Corpus [also available from Prof. Kirk]
Prüfungsinformationen
Prüfungsmethode/n
Prüfungsmethode/n
- 3 oral presentations per student in class, with power point or handout accompaniment. Each presentation will be worth 10% of the total mark.
- 1 written assignment, of c. 3,500 words (excl. data appendices) per student, due 15 January 2021, to build on work done for oral presentations.
Prüfungsinhalt/e
Data analysis and presentation of analysis
Beurteilungskriterien/-maßstäbe
excellence of the following:
data analysis
demonstration of understanding of data being analysed
demonstration of understanding of the functions expressed by the data
attractive and well-written presentation in English.
Beurteilungsschema
Note BenotungsschemaPosition im Curriculum
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
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Fach: Topics in Linguistics I
(Pflichtfach)
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ENI.002 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.240 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
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ENI.002 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Topics in Linguistics I
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
-
Fach: Topics in Linguistics I
(Pflichtfach)
-
ENI.002 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.240 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
-
ENI.002 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Topics in Linguistics I
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch
(SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
-
Fach: Topics in Linguistics I
(Pflichtfach)
-
ENI.002 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.240 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3., 4. Semester empfohlen
-
ENI.002 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Fach: Topics in Linguistics I
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Linguistics
(Pflichtfach)
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Modul: Aufbaustudium Linguistics
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4.3 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
- 552.240 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 3. Semester empfohlen
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4.3 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics (
0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
-
Modul: Aufbaustudium Linguistics
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Fach: Fachliches Grund- und Aufbaustudium Linguistics
(Pflichtfach)
- Bachelorstudium Anglistik und Amerikanistik
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
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Fach: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (ab 11W)
(Pflichtfach)
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Modul: Linguistics (ab 11W)
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Topics in Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
- 552.240 Topics in Theoretical Linguistics: Corpus Linguistics (2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
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Topics in Linguistics (
2.0h PS / 5.0 ECTS)
-
Modul: Linguistics (ab 11W)
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Fach: Fachliches Aufbaustudium (ab 11W)
(Pflichtfach)