The Hauptseminar Linguistics belongs to the following modules in the indicated degree programs:

• BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A. (Requirements: completed Zwischenmodul II.)

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul Linguistics. (Requirements: completed Zwischenmodul.)

• how to read a spectrogram,

• regional and social accents,

• register variation,

• stress and stress shift,

• foreign accent,

• theoretical phonology,

• the relationship between phonetics, phonology and morphology,

• intonation,

• gender differences,

• features of rapid speech,

• phonetic reduction.
  

Students are expected to read the required reading, which will be made available on StudOn. Presentations need to be pre-recorded and will be discussed online via Zoom. Since it is one of the major aims of a Hauptseminar to have discussions with your peers, you will be expected to participate in online classes with a working camera and microphone.