Lehrende/r: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Britta Mondorf
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Grammatica Variation
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 5,0
Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Kontingentschema: B.A. Linguistik
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Course requirements are regular attendance, active participation, homework assignments, a short oral presentation and a term paper. A reserved shelf will be available in the University Library.
Inhalt: What factors influence the choice between grammatical variants such as the following? a lighted candle vs. a lit candle prouder vs. more proud the thesis of the book vs. the book's thesis to work oneself to the top vs. to work one's way to the top These and related questions form the central issues explored in this course. Actual language data confronts us with a wide variety of choices. The decision as to which variant to use is not made randomly. It turns out to be systematically constrained by factors from all levels of linguistic analysis, such as phonological influences, frequency, semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), processing complexity and horror aequi (i.e. the avoidance of identity effects). The currently thriving discipline of grammatical variation will additionally be shown to have important repercussions for linguistic theory-building.
Empfohlene Literatur: Required Reading: Rohdenburg, Günter & Britta Mondorf (eds.) (2003) Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English. (Topics in English Linguistics 43). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Zusätzliche Informationen: Presentations and handouts need to be sent to me by email at least one week in advance. How to contact me: Students requesting a reply need to use the secretary's email (Frau Dinger) or - in urgent cases - my email address as indicated on our websites. Do not use JoGuStine for this function, because emails sent to me via JoGuStine do not show the the sender's address, but rather 'JoGuStine@noreply'.
