SoSe 23: PS-Levels of Linguistic Analysis II: Metaphor
Alexander Rauhut
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During this seminar, we take a scientific perspective on language. We will learn about the tools and the thinking process involved in empirical research and review academic texts. We will deepen the knowledge from the introduction and apply it on various research questions in linguistics. Special focus of this seminar will be English metaphor and metonymy. By going beyond the idea of a simple figure of speech, we will explore its different forms, regularities, and finally understand metaphor as a crucial process in extending our lexicon, and study how everything is connected to our psychology.
In the end, students will be able to design and carry out their own cropus linguistic research project.
The accompanying lecture course 'Levels of Linguistic Analysis I' by Prof. Stefanowitsch (17336, Wednesday 10:00-12:00) will provide the theoretical basis, supplemented by a phenomenological overview, as well as an introduction to linguistic methodology such as psycholinguistic experimentation.
Credit requirements are:
- regular and active participation in seminar online meetings
- regular and active participation in the accompanying lecture course by Prof. Anatol Stefanowitsch
- weekly reading assignments and/or research homework
- student presentation
- an academic paper of c2000 words
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12 Class schedule
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