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30537-01 - Seminar: Reference to time and space (3 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2012 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Heike Behrens (heike.behrens@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | In this seminar we will analyse the linguistics, processing and acquisition of spatial and temporal reference in English. Regarding spatial reference, the different forms of spatial deixis and their linguistic encoding will be examined. Regarding temporal reference, we will learn to distinguish the properties of tense, aspect and Aktionart (lexical aspect) and see how they interact to locate events on the time axis and to refer to their internal temporal contour. Here, the differences between the morphologically similar but semantically distinct system of German will be established. As a third domain, figurative language and conceptual metaphor will be analysed in terms of the time concepts encoded (circular/ serial) and the relationship between temporal and spatial reference (is temporal reference derived from spatial reference)? |
| Lernziele | Students become familiar with linguistic approaches to semantics that range from formal to typological and cognitive. They will develop a sophisticated understanding of the factors that contribute to the interpretation of expressions that refer to space and time in English (and its contrasts to German). |
| Literatur | Comrie, B. (1976). "Aspect". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Comrie, B. (1985). "Tense". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Comrie, B. (1989). 'Some general properties of reference-tracking systems'. In D. Arnold, M. Atkinson, J. Durand, C. Grover & L. Sadler (Eds.), "Essays on grammatical theory and Universal Grammar". (pp. 37-51). Oxford: Clarendon Press. Levinson, S. C. (1996). 'Frames of reference and Molyneux's question: crosslinguistic evidence'. In P. Bloom, M. A. Peterson, L. Nadel & M. F. Garrett (Eds.), "Language and space" (pp. 109-169). Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press. Levinson, S. C. (2003). "Space in language and cognition: explorations in cognitive diversity". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Klein, W. (1992a). 'The present perfect puzzle'. "Language", 68, 525-552. Klein, W. (1992b). 'Tempus, Aspekt und Zeitadverbien'. "Kognitionswissenschaft", 2, 107-118. Klein, W. (1994). "Time in language". London: Routledge. Klein, W. (1998). "An analysis of the German Perfekt" (Unpublished manuscript). Nijmegen. Talmy, L. (2000a). "Toward a Cognitive Semantics". Volume 1: "Concept structuring systems". Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Talmy, L. (2000b). "Toward a Cognitive Semantics". Volume 2: "Typology and process in concept structuring". Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Reichenbach, H. (1947). "Elements of symbolic logic". New York: Macmillan. Vendler, Z. (1967). "Linguistics in Philosophy". Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul English Sociolinguistics & Cognitive Linguistics (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul Sprache und Kognition (Master Studiengang: Sprache und Kommunikation) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Input-Referat |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |