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| Semester | fall semester 2019 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Heike Behrens (heike.behrens@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In this seminar we will discuss the fundamental issues of how time is encoded in language. This concerns the function of tense, aspect and modality markers (the so-called TMA-system of a language) and their interaction with temporal adverbials and conjunctions. Further aspects of the linguistic encoding of time concern metaphor and metonymy, especially their relationship to space. A second focus is on the temporal organization of larger texts (e.g. narratives). The students are then encouraged to elaborate a project of their choice (e.g. spatial metaphors for time and their crosslinguistic differences; first or second language acquisition of temporal relations and the TMA system). |
| Learning objectives | Students will learn how time and temporal relations can be encoded in language, and learn about theoretical approaches that highlight different aspects of the topic area. They are encouraged to explore the relationship between textual organisation and linguistic markers of TMA in a dataset of their choice. |
| Bibliography | A bibliography will be provided on ADAM. The following titles can serve as starting point: - Comrie, Bernard. (1976). "Aspect". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Comrie, Bernard. (1985). "Tense". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - Evans, Vyvyan. (2004). "The structure of time". Amsterdam, Philadelphia: Benjamins. - Klein, Wolfgang. (1994). "Time in language". London: Routledge. - Majid, Asifa, Gaby, Alice, & Boroditsky, Lera. (2013). Time in terms of space. "Frontiers in Psychology, 4". doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00554 - Shirai, Y., & Li, P. (2000). "The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect [Studies on Language Acquisition, 16]". Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Research in English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Sprache als System (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Active participation, elaboration and presentation of a research question in the content domain of the seminar |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |