Grundkurs:
Introduction to (applying) linguisticsJohn Bateman
MPO 1996: §8(1)1b; Studiengebiet: § 7.2.1 (ECTS: 5)
Grundkurs:
Introduction to (applying) linguistics
You can collect your marked examination paper from Frau
Tandecki (B3630). If you did not provide a Schein and you passed then you should
come to me with a filled in Schein and your examination paper to get it signed.
The
grades for the final exam can also be examined by following this
link.
You will need to know your matriculation number and will have to have written
this on your exam script; you can collect your marked paper in person or send
me an email with your matriculation number.
The course ran every Wednesday, 13-15h, GW2 B1400
There were 4 (FOUR) tutorial slots: you should attend at least
one tutorial a week regularly!
The tutorial slots are currently:
| Mon | 12:00 - 13:00 | Alan Aydelott | GW2 B2760 |
| Tue | 11:00 - 12:00 | Ole Herlyn | GW2 A3440 |
| Wed | 15:00 - 16:00 | Thora Tenbrink | GW2 A3440 |
| Thu | 12:00 - 13:00 |
Jessica Renziehausen | GW2 B2760 |
Tutorials are particularly important for discussing the many text and sentence analyses that you will receive during the course. This is your opportunity to bring problems into the open: MAKE THE MOST OF THEM!! There are also tutorials being held with the parallel introduction course.
| John Bateman: Contact Information | |
| Room | GW2 A3480 |
| Sekretariat | Frau Tandecki (GW2 B3630) |
| Office hour | Thursdays, 15-17 (sign-up lists on my door) |
| Email (recommended!) | bateman@uni-bremen.de |
| Homepage | http://www.uni-bremen.de/~bateman |
| Tel (not recommended!) | -9483 |
Below is a collection of materials for the course. Additional materials may be added throughout the semester; you will be pointed at relevant materials in the lectures and in the tutorials. You can look at any of the materials here when you wish; for some tutorials particular parts of this material may become set reading, so stay alert.
Part I of the course Skript is currently in the Copyshop. It can also be downloaded here in Acrobat 'portable document format' (pdf). For this you need the Acrobat reader which is free and more often than not installed on computers anyway.
THE MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT (that was necessary for Zwischenprüfung this semester) can be downloaded here (again in Acrobat). The deadline for handing this assignment in has passed.
| A collection of texts that gives practice at trying to recognise just what it is linguistically that lets you assign a text to some approrpriate situation of use | Football texts: what context? | Word file for downloading |
| Another collection of texts, where you can practice much more focusedly, concentrating on how the texts differ textually, interpersonally and ideationally. | Contrasting texts | Word file for downloading |
| When we get on to thinking about just what a text allows us to interpret it, are there any limits? Can we interpret anything as we wish? How do we provide 'reality checks' for our flights of fancy?! | Interpretation: what limits? | Word file for downloading |
| Here are some materials concerned with the spelling system of English and how it relates to the development of English pronunciation. | Phonetics and Orthography | Word file for downloading |
| Transitivity analysis | ||
| Here we have more focused exercises for grammatical analysis. Make sure that, when the time comes, you can do these!! | Rank-based and Immediate Constituency-based analyses of sentences | |
| More complex phrase structure grammar with lexical items and features | Word file for downloading | |
| Text structure materials | ||
| Four texts describing an evening's and morning's event that differ in text type: exercise for recognition and analysis |