Neuphilologisches Institut
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

HAUPTSEMINAR:
CORPUS LINGUISTICS

Oliver M. Traxel

WS 13/14
Tu 8-10

Room: ÜR 13


SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule for this semester. Some minor variation may occur. All students are expected to give presentations on the respective topics. Some suggested base literature for your presentations (see Bibliography) is indicated in the schedule. However, you are required to consult further sources, as found, for example, in the bibliographies of the respective publications. One particular important publication is A. Lüdeling and M. Kytö, ed., Corpus Linguistics: An International Handbook, 2 vols. (Berlin, 2009) (UB), which covers all topics and many more; for those attached to the university network vol. 1 is available here, vol. 2 is available here. Another recommended publication is the collection of articles found in A. O'Keeffe and M. McCarthy, ed., The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (London, 2010) (UB).


Session Date Topic Some Suggested Base Literature Presentation
         
1. 22.10. Introduction    
2. 29.10. The Analysis and Interpretation of Corpora Anderson & Corbett, ch. 2; Lindquist, ch. 2; McEnery & Hardie, ch. 2 Markus Schmitt, Cagla Yüksel
3. 5.11. Lexis Anderson & Corbett, ch. 3 (part); Lindquist, ch. 3 Felix Reisner, Sebastian Winkler
4. 12.11. Collocation and Colligation Anderson & Corbett, ch. 3 (part); Lindquist, ch. 4; McEnery & Hardie, ch. 6.2 Kristina Kreß, Rose Stahl
5. 19.11. Phrases Lindquist, ch. 5; Moon Nils-Henrik John, Danica Knappe
6. 26.11. Grammar Anderson & Corbett, ch. 4; Lindquist, ch. 7 Sharon Hawkins, Kilian Ntomchukwu
7. 3.12. Discourse Anderson & Corbett, ch. 5; Baker (2006) Seline Markowski, Sirin Sait
8. 10.12. Pronunciation Adolphs & Carter; Anderson & Corbett, ch. 6 Christopher Früh, Lisa Soder
9. 17.12. Discussion of Coursework Anderson & Corbett, ch. 8  
10. 7.1. Sociolinguistic and Functional Issues (Diastratic and Diaphasic Variation) Anderson & Corbett, ch. 7; Baker (2010); Lindquist, ch. 8; McEnery & Hardie, ch. 5.5 Tatjana Beck, Michael Böhler
11. 14.1. Language Change and International Varieties (Diachronic and Diatopic Variation) Lindquist, ch. 9; McEnery & Hardie, chs. 5.2 & 5.3 Beate Dimler, Johannes Grimm
12. 21.1. The Web as a Corpus Hundt, Nesselhauf & Biewer; Lindquist, ch. 10; McEnery & Hardie, chs. 1.4.2 & 3 Patrick Huss, Franziska Kailich
  28.1. cancelled    
  3.2. Submission of Cover Sheet   (10-12 o'clock, HiWi office)
  28.2. Final Submission of Coursework   (10-12 o'clock, HiWi office)


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