PRAESENZ Cognitive Linguistics - Einzelansicht

Cognitive Linguistics is concerned with the relationship between linguistic and conceptual structure. One of the central tenets of cognitive linguistics is that language reflects the way we categorize and conceptualize the world. The cognitive linguistic approach to language is based on the assumption that the acquisition, the storage, the production and the processing of language can be best understood with reference to how the human mind works more generally. In this way, Cognitive Linguistics contrasts with theories that see grammar as detached from other cognitive processes. The course first introduces students to central topics of the field, such as categorization, construal and polysemy. We will then concentrate on selected topics and consider empirical studies that apply these generalizations to phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax and test their cognitive reality. The course presupposes basic knowledge of grammar and phonetics/phonology.

This course will have the format ONLINE PLUS. The current plan is to combine screencasts, to be watched at home, on the one hand, and in-person meetings for discussion. If social distancing rules are maintained, you will be divided into two groups that will successively attend one 45-minute session. Further details will be announced when registration is completed. It now looks as if face-to-face teaching with 3G and masks will be possible without distancing rules. This would mean regular 90-minute sessions with the entire group.

According to Article 22 of a new ordinance of the State of Thuringia (Revised version of the Thuringian SARS-CoV-2 Ordinance on Infection Protection Measures https://www.tmasgff.de/covid-19/verordnung), only people who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 or have been tested are permitted to attend face-to-face courses and examinations. In German this is referred to as the “3-G Principle”, for “geimpft/genesen/getestet” (vaccinated/recovered/tested). In other words, get vaccinated (https://www.uni-jena.de/en/Impfung_Studierende)!

Croft, William & D. Alan Cruse (2004). Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Evans, Vyvyan (2019). Cognitive Linguistics: A Complete Guide. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Taylor, John R. (2003). Linguistic Categorization, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Assessment: Term paper or written test (your choice)

Term paper deadlines: 25 March 2022 (1st attempt) + 27 May 2022 (2nd attempt)

Written test dates: 09 February 2022 (1st attempt) + 17 March 2022 (2nd attempt)

Admitted students not attending the first session will be replaced by students who have been waitlisted.

Staatsexamen: Please ask me for manual admission if you want attend this course as a Vorbereitungsmodul. Register via the module catalogue and choose the "Belegweg" LG.AA.SE.1 or LG.AA.SE.2 before you select the name of the module, and then write me an email! The number of places for written and oral state exams is limited. Registration is only possible via manual admission before the start of the lecture period, and only if you are not at the same time enrolled for another linguistic Vorbereitungsmodul. If you want to know more about what to expect in this seminar before making a decision, feel free to check the references provided above or send me an email. Since the topic of the module has turned out to be quite popular as a potential state examination topic (at least for the first few weeks of the semester), the strategy of registering for a number of potential modules and making a decision later in the semester will not be possible here.

Because of a great demand for oral exams in "Cognitive Linguistics" and "Contrastive Linguistics", registration for oral Staatsexamen is no longer possible in these two courses. Please choose a different course from WP2 Linguistics.

Lehramt Gymnasium: Im aktuellen Flyer (erhältlich auf Moodle: "The Hub" > "Infos zum Studium") finden Sie die Festlegung der Themengebiete für die Zweitthemen, schriftliche und für die mündliche Prüfung, im Bereich Sprachwissenschaft.

Lehramt Regelschule: Im aktuellen Flyer (erhältlich auf Moodle: "The Hub" > "Infos zum Studium") finden Sie weitere Informationen zur Prüfung. Beachten Sie, dass der zweite sprachwissenschaftliche Themenbereich in der schriftlichen Prüfung "Phonetics" und in der mündlichen Prüfung "Phonetics" oder auf Wunsch "Introduction to Linguistics I" ist.