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