Corpus Linguistics (Module 3)10 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Corpus Linguistics)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • Corpus Linguistics
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Stefan Evert, Di, 14:15 - 15:45, 4.000 Bismarckstr. 6)
  • The Corpus Linguist’s Essential Toolbox
    (Übung, 2 SWS, Besim Kabashi, Do, 14:15 - 15:45, 0.320 Bismarckstr. 12)

Inhalt:

Hauptseminar In the seminar, students are familiarised with the research questions andmethodological foundations of corpus linguistics. They will read seminal and current research papers and present them in class. For the term paper, students are also expected to carry out a small-scale corpus study. Übung In the practical exercise, students learn to use essential software tools for corpus research, including corpus query, manual and automatic annotation, statistical analysis and standard representation formats. Many of these tools will be made available in the form of Web interfaces, so no prior skills in computer programming are required.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

The aim of this module is for students to acquire essential knowledge of

• research questions in corpus linguistics,

• methodological foundations of corpus research,

• corpus compilation and representation,

• manual and automatic linguistic annotation, and

• corpus query and quantitative analysis.

In addition, students will improve their skills of carrying out independent corpus-based research, communicating results and writing an academic paper.

Bemerkung:

For this module, the intended stage in the degree course is the second semester.

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:
Das Modul ist im Kontext der folgenden Studienfächer/Vertiefungsrichtungen verwendbar:

1. English Studies (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2012 | PhilFak | English Studies (Master of Arts) | Schwerpunkt Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | Corpus Linguistics)
2. English Studies (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2012 | PhilFak | English Studies (Master of Arts) | ohne Schwerpunkt | mindestens 30 ECTS aus Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | Corpus Linguistics)
3. Linguistik (Master of Arts)
   (Po-Vers. 2010 | PhilFak | Linguistik (Master of Arts) | Masterprüfung | Wahlpflichtmodul 2. Fachsemester | Corpus Linguistics)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Portfolioprüfung: Hausarbeit und Hausaufgaben zu Corpus Linguistics

Prüfungsleistung, mehrteilige Prüfung, benotet, 10 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

Erstablegung: SS 2016

1. Prüfer:

Stefan Evert