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| Semester | fall semester 2007 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Danièle Klapproth Muazzin (daniele.klapproth@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This lecture explores the intertwined relationship between language, culture and thought, examining it through the various perspectives of language socialisation, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and anthropological linguistics. Being interested in how language and thought affect one other, we will engage with various ways in which different languages and cultures organise, represent and express knowledge and thought. For one thing, we will investigate how grammatical and semantic systems of a language relate to the worldview, epistemology and culture of its speakers. Then, moving on to address issues of language use and cultural practice, we will investigate the role of specific discursive practices in cultivating specific forms of knowledge and thought. Topics to be addressed will include: linguistic relativity; linguistic universals; the relationship between culture and knowledge; 'local knowledge' and indigenous epistemologies; the pragmatics, politics and aesthetics of knowledge and its linguistic expression. |
| Learning objectives | To deepen students' understanding of the complex and intricate relationships that hold between language, thought, culture, and social practice. |
| Bibliography | t.b.a. |
| Comments | We recommend that students take this lecture in combination with the MA seminar "Discourse and Cognition" (18881-01). |
| Admission requirements | Successful completion of the module "Learning about Linguistics" |
| Course application | Not required |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologische Lehrveranstaltungen für die Nordistik (Bachelor's degree subject: Nordische Philologie) Modul Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft I (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul English Sociolinguistics & Cognitive Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Literaturwissenschaft 2. Slavine (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Refining Skills in Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Russische Literaturwissenschaft I (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Russische Literaturwissenschaft II (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Russische Sprachwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Slavische Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Slavische Sprachwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul Sprache und Kognition (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul Vertiefung, Wissen, Praxis (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Weitere Lehrveranstaltungen Deutsche Philologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Deutsche Philologie) Weitere Lehrveranstaltungen Osteuropäische Kulturen (Bachelor's degree subject: Osteuropäische Kulturen) Weitere Lehrveranstaltungen Osteuropa-Studien (Bachelor's degree program: Osteuropa-Studien) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Regular participation; 45 minute written exam at the end of the semester |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |