Category: 17309_20W

Seminar (Mr Konvička)

And now for a real conference II: StuTS is on!

Dear all,

you’ve experienced a mock conference, you’ve seen our post on the NLK, and now you’re about to read about another wondrous event in the linguistic world: Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft aka StuTS!

It’s a conference organised by students for students (mainly BA & MA, but PhD-friendly as well). It takes place every semester at a different university.  And it’s a great opportunity for you to get to learn what linguistic projects are students like you working on at the moment. Moreover, if you’re particularly proud of your term paper, your thesis or another of your linguistic projects, StuTS is the place to present it to a broader audience. And last but not least – you’ll learn a lot of fascinating people!

The next StuTS will be a digital one. In May in Leipzig! Check out the website for more details such as deadlines.

This is it!

Dear all,

our introductory course to linguistics is over after fourteen weeks filled with discussions about phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, text linguistics, and historical linguistics. Great job everyone!

If you want to anonymously tell me about something you particularly liked or disliked about this session, you can do that using this feedback form.

For those of you who haven’t filled out the official evaluation form (also anonymous) for the whole seminar (17309) yet, you can do that here. You will need the following password to submit the form: Afbimwetar

As announced earlier, the resit will take place from 15 March, 12:00, to 22 March, 12:00. We will contact those of you who need to attend.

Just as during the lecture period, don’t hesitate to contact me during the term break as well if you want to talk about anything.

Enjoy the term break!

Best wishes,

Martin

Week 13 (17 February): Wrap up

Dear all,

thank you for attending the latest live session on historical linguistics. As always, you’ll find the presentation in the Presentations folder on Blackboard.

If you want to anonymously tell me about something you enjoyed or not enjoyed during the session, feel free to use the feedback form.

Next week, we will wrap up the semester and have a look at all the different topics we’ve discussed so far. Go perhaps through the presentations or your notes to prepare a bit, but don’t worry…

Moreover, instead of a test, there’s the (optional) library project (in form of a test). Have a look at it to learn a thing or two about references and bibliography. It will come in handy in your upcoming courses. Cordially recommended by all of your lecturersTM!

As always – if you have any questions or want to talk about anything, don’t hesitate to contact me at any time.

Best regards,

Martin

Week 12 (10 February): Final test & historical linguistics

Dear all,

thank you for participating in this week’s live session. You’ll find the slides, as always, in the folder very practically called Presentations.

For next week, there’s no preparatory text and no preparatory video. There is, however, one last test on Friday (open until Monday, 14:00)!

If you want to give me anonymous feedback, you can do that in this form.

Moreover, there will be a mock conference (see posts on the blog) next week. Have a look around & decide what you’d like to hear about best. If you decide to stay with me, I will show you how to apply everything you learnt this semester for the study of language change.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time.

Best wishes,

Martin

End of term mock conference — programme 2021

All are invited!
No registration necessary. 😀 No student discounts.
Talks will be between 45 and 60 minutes; we will reserve at least 30 minutes for discussion. Please do not hesitate to ask questions!

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Monday, Feb 8, 4-6 p.m.

Title

Beautiful frequencies—visualizing Linguistic categories: A scientific overview

Alexander Rauhut

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Tuesday, Feb 9, 10-12 p.m.

Go have yourselves some fun! Reflexive possession constructions and other ditransitives in English and beyond: Diachronic and Comparative Construction Grammar

Kirsten Middeke

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Tuesday, Feb 9, 12-2 p.m.

Sneak preview on Levels of Linguistic Analysis & History of English: What is waiting for you in the advanced seminars?

Shuk Han Ho

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Password: hJX2ZrDU3p6

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Wednesday, Feb 10, 12-2 p.m.

One discipline to rule them all: Combining everything you’ve learnt so far to study language change

Martin Konvička

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Password: 5tSJB9c8YnQ

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Thursday, Feb 11, 10-12 p.m.

SNEAK PREVIEW ON LEVELS OF LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS and lexical semantics

Magdalena Borowik

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Friday, Feb 12, 10-12 p.m.

Introspection versus empiricism: What is corpus linguistics, why do we need it and how do we do it?

Kirsten Middeke

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Following week: Round-up with your lecturers and sneak preview on Levels of Linguistic Analysis and History of English. Don’t miss is!

Week 11 (3 February): Text, video, & homework

Dear all,

thank you for participating in our last live session! The presentation can be found, as every week, in the folder very practically called Presentations. In preparation for the next session, please do the following:

  1. Read the following text:
    • Stefanowitsch, Anatol (2020) Text linguistics
  2. Watch the following video:
  3. Have a look at the sheet with your new homework tasks.
    • You can also find it on Blackboard in Course material/Homework.
  4. If you feel like it, fill out this feedback form.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time.

Best wishes,

Martin

Grading scale for the exam

Dear all,

We have agreed on a grading scale for your exam that requires 60% of the points for a grade 4.0 (pass). Since you have two jokers (the two worst submissions will be exempt from the total), you effectively only need 45% of the points. The complete scale can be found below.

Grade Points Percentage
1,0 27 100%
1,3 26
1,7 25
2,0 24
2,3 23
2,7 21
3,0 20
3,3 19
3,7 17
4,0 16 60%

All the best,

Your Introduction to Linguistics team

Week 10 (27 January): Text, video, & homework

Dear all,

thank you for participating in our latest live session! The presentation can be found, as every week, in the folder very practically called Presentations. In preparation for the next session, please do the following:

  1. Read the following text:
    • Bieswanger & Becker (2017: 151-166), i.e. chapter 7.
  2. Watch the following video on pragmatics:
  3. Have a look at the sheet with your new homework tasks.
    • You can find it also on Blackboard in the Course material/Homework folder.
  4. If you feel like it, fill out this feedback form.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time.

Best wishes,

Martin

Linguistics in fiction

Dear all,

during the yesterday’s lecture, I noticed a discussion in the chat about the interconnectedness of language, truth, and “real”-world reference. If you want to read a great novel about these issues (and more!), I really recommend China Miéville’s Embassytown (Locus Award, 2012).  This is of course not an academic publication, but Miéville’s done his homework and the book is generally worth your time…

Best wishes,

Martin