552.301 (16W) Focus on Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphor
Overview
- Lecturer
- Course title german Focus on Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphor
- Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 7.0
- Registrations 9 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- possible language(s) of the assessment English
- Course begins on 01.10.2016
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
-gain insight in the combination of cognition and language
-understand conceptual metaphors and their pervasiveness in language use
-analyzing metaphors and interpreting their functions
-develop critical skills in language analysis
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
-discussion
-lecture
-tasks
-presentations
Course content
“Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we both think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature” (Lakoff & Johnson 1980: 3).
The striking claim of conceptual metaphor theory is that metaphor is not only a poetic and rhetorical device but also a phenomenon of everyday language. In this class, we will explore the relation between language and metaphor, which will add to our understanding of the interplay of language and cognition. Conceptual metaphors occur in all types of language use and participants will have the opportunity to investigate their functions in a variety of texts and genres such as political speeches, advertisements, commentary, news, and so on. Analyses can also go beyond language and focus on multimodal metaphors that emerge from a combination of image and text.
Literature
-A guide to relevant literature will be discussed in the first sessions
-Some readings and other class material will be made available on Moodle
Examination information
Examination methodology
-presentation of research project in class
-seminar paper
-in-class participation
Examination topic(s)
-research topics in the area of conceptual metaphor will be chosen by the participants
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
-more information on the presentation and the seminar paper will be given in class
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Subject: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Compulsory subject)
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7.1 (a) Focus on Linguistics (
0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
- 552.301 Focus on Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphor (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 4., 5. Semester empfohlen
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7.1 (a) Focus on Linguistics (
0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
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Subject: Freie Kombination
(Compulsory elective)
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10.1 Freie Kombination (
0.0h SE / 12.0 ECTS)
- 552.301 Focus on Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphor (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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10.1 Freie Kombination (
0.0h SE / 12.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Freie Kombination
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies
(SKZ: 612, Version: 10W.3)
-
Subject: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Compulsory subject)
-
Focus on Linguistics (
2.0h SE / 7.0 ECTS)
- 552.301 Focus on Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphor (2.0h SE / 7.0 ECTS)
-
Focus on Linguistics (
2.0h SE / 7.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Fachliches Vertiefungsstudium
(Compulsory subject)