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77507-01 - Forschungsseminar: Language and Sensory Perception: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (4 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Catherine Ferris (catherine.diederich@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | This seminar explores research at the intersection of language, cognition, and sensory perception. The course introduces students to key theoretical and methodological approaches used to investigate how languages encode perceptual experience. We will examine how sensory domains—such as color, taste, smell, touch, and sound—are represented linguistically across typologically diverse languages. A central goal is to understand how language can be used as a window into human perception, and how different linguistic communities conceptualize and categorize the sensory world. We will engage with both universalist and relativist perspectives on linguistic encoding, drawing from classic studies (e.g., color perception research by Berlin & Kay) as well as more recent cross-linguistic and typological research. Throughout the seminar, we will emphasize research design and empirical methodology, including elicitation techniques, corpus-based analysis, and experimental approaches to studying language-perception interfaces. Students will critically evaluate existing studies and carry out a small research project. |
| Lernziele | • Students will gain foundational knowledge of key theoretical perspectives—such as universalist and relativist approaches—on how language encodes sensory perception across different cultures and linguistic systems. • Students will explore how various sensory domains (e.g., color, taste, smell, touch, sound) are linguistically represented across a typologically diverse range of languages, and assess the implications for understanding human perception. • Students will develop skills in empirical research design, including elicitation techniques, corpus analysis, and experimental methods, to investigate the interface between language and sensory cognition. • Students will critically engage with existing literature in the field and design, execute, and present a small-scale research project that investigates a relevant question at the intersection of language, perception, and cognition. |
| Literatur | All texts will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | This course is open to students of the MA English and MSG Sprache und Kommunikation, as well as PhD students in linguistics. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Please register for this course on services unibas.ch. No other registration is necessary. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | Online-Angebot obligatorisch |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10.15-12.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Dienstag 16.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 23.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 30.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 07.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 14.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 21.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 28.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 04.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 11.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 18.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 25.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 02.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 09.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Dienstag 16.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Module |
Modul: English Linguistics (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master Studiengang: Sprache und Kommunikation) Modul: Research in English Linguistics (Master Studienfach: Englisch) Modul: Sprache als Prozess (Master Studiengang: Sprache und Kommunikation) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Student evaluation will be based on regular attendance, active participation, and the completion and presentation of a small research study on a relevant course topic. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |