Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis Sommersemester 2013

Readings: Keane, Webb. 1997. Religious language. Annual Review of Anthropology 26:47-71.
Mühleisen, Susanne. 2007. Language and religion. In Hellinger, Marlis and Anne Pauwels (eds.) Handbook of Language
and Communication: Diversity and Change. Berlin: de Gruyter, 459-491.
41154 Postcolonial Englishes
BA (Teilgebiet 2.2), Lehramt A6, MAIAS (elective)
Anchimbe
PS 2st., Do 10-12,
Colonialism was influential in the spread of English to other regions of the world. This course focuses on varieties of
English that are the outcome of European colonialism, especially in Africa, South East Asia, and the Caribbean.
Issues of interest include linguistic features, the functions and statuses of these Englishes as well as other sociolinguistic
factors that make these Englishes part of their new ecologies. The processes of indigenisation or nativisation
and their instantiations will be studied from both grammatical and sociohistorical perspectives.
Reading: Schneider, Edgar. 2007. Postcolonial English: Varieties around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
41155 Text Linguistics
BA (Teilgebiet 2.4), Lehramt A6, MAIAS (elective)
PS 2st., Di 16-18,
Anchimbe
How are written texts composed Are texts within certain genres different from texts in other genres These questions
are very important to text linguistics. This course will focus on aspects of grammar beyond the sentence, especially
cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, contextuality and intertextuality in different
genres in English. We will also be concerned with electronic text genres and how these have affected traditional text
production at various levels: grammar, template, audience and medium. The class is particularly relevant for the
preparation for the Staatsexamen!
It is not necessary to register for this class.
Reading: De Beaugrande, Robert A. & Wolfgang U. Dressler. 2001. Introduction to Text Linguistics. London: Longman.
41156 English Phonology
BA (Teilgebiet 2.1), Lehramt A6, MAIAS (elective)
PS 2st., Di 10-12,
Bieswanger
Phonology is a sub-branch of linguistics concerned with the sound systems of languages, including the function and
patterning of certain sounds in these systems. We will take a close look at the description, articulation and function
of speech sounds, and compare the inventories of sounds used in English, German and other languages. Additional
topics include suprasegmental phonology and issues related to connected speech. The class is particularly relevant
for the preparation for the Staatsexamen!
It is not necessary to register for this class.
41157 Applied Linguistics
BA (Teilgebiete 2.2, 2.4), Lehramt A6, MAIAS (elective)
PS 2st., Mi 12-14,
Bieswanger
Applied linguistics is broadly defined as the application of linguistic knowledge to solve language related problems in
the real world. As a result, applied linguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field and means many different things to
many different people. We will discuss the different meanings of the term applied linguistics and a variety of key
issues in the field, including language policy and planning, language maintenance as well as language death and
language revitalization, multilingualism, language acquisition, language pedagogy, and language for specific purposes
(LSP).
It is not necessary to register for this class.
41158 Language in the Workplace:
BA (Teilgebiet 2.3), Lehramt A6, MAIAS (elective)
PS 2st., Fr 10-12,
Dayter
In this course, we will approach communication and miscommunication in the workplace from a pragmatic perspective.
A primary characteristic of workplace discourse is its task-related nature; however, many other constraints such
as hierarchical structure, alignment along gender roles, or lack of agency in choosing one’s interlocutors enter into
play among co-workers. We will look at the discourse and verbal interaction patterns of people communicating at
work, including humour and small-talk among co-workers, strategies for negotiating problems, features of written
workplace communication, and interaction within structured speech events such as meetings.
It is not necessary to register for this class.
41159 English Syntactic Structures:
BA (Teilgebiet 2.1), Lehramt A6
PS 2st., Do 12-14,
Dayter
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of syntax – the grammatical operations by which component
words are combined together to form the overall sentence structure. We will take a look at descriptivestructuralist
and generative models and will supplement our discussions with multiple exercises and examples from
a range of human languages. The aim of the class is to provide students of language with sound knowledge of syntax
as one of the core areas of linguistics and prepare them for further work in any syntactic theory. The class is
particularly relevant for the preparation for the Staatsexamen!
It is not necessary to register for this class.
41160 Introduction to Middle English
BA (Teilgebiet B 2.1), Lehramt A6
PS, 2st., Mi 14-16,
Schönweitz
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