Content:
This seminar will discuss the issues of conceptualization and systematicity of English key terms that can serve as a basis for critical empirical MA research. We discuss key concepts of formal (e.g. relative constructions, question tags, light-verb constructions) and functional (e.g. modality, coherence, phoneme) language description on the basis of the reading materials disseminated throughout the seminar.For the first time, international experts from Italian and Czech universities will contribute online and report from their special experience.
Objectives:
In this seminar, students learn
•to see the complexity of language systems in cotext and context,
•to evaluate conceptualisations of language structures and their usefulness for explaining phenomena to different language users (e.g. students and linguists),
•to discuss issues of concept visualisation in class based on critical discussions in academic writing,
•to make their own contribution to this discussion in writing a 8000-word Literture Review of 1 concept.
Requirements for credits:Active participation in the intensive discussions based on small assignments, esp. LitReview.
- Trainer/in: Marina Ivanova