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  How can we describe language? Valency and other constructions to be put in a constructicon [Import]

Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Thomas Herbst

Details
Hauptseminar
2 cred.h
Time and place: Mon 8:30 - 10:00, C 601

Prerequisites / Organisational information
Das Hauptseminar How can we describe language? Valency and other constructions to be put in a constructicon gehört in folgenden Studiengängen jeweils zufolgenden Modulen:

BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (auf Anfrage!)
Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-Gym Linguistics
MA English Studies - Linguistics and Applied Linguistics: Descriptive and Theoretical Linguistics B (Modul 5 B)
MA Linguistik: Modul 2/4 • EMLex: Modul VT2

Contents
This seminar aims to combine theoretical linguistics with descriptive and lexicographical work.
On the basis of existing sources such as the Erlangen Valency Patternbank (www.patternbank.fau.de) and of constructionist theories (esp. Goldberg), we shall look at ways of representing valency properties of verbs and general argument structure constructions in a new electronic reference tool - a constructicon.

Recommended literature
Obligatory reading: Herbst (2014) [can be downloaded from my website]

Additional information

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester WS 2017/2018:
Descriptive and Theoretical Linguistics B (DesTheoLing B)

Department: Chair of English Philology and Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Herbst)
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