Vorlesungs­verzeichnis

Research methods in linguistics

128301 AR 2024W

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Vortragende der Germanistik:

• Klaus Hofmann

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course provides an introduction to the currently most important research methods in linguistics. Specifically, the course covers methods of data collection (such as recording, elicitation, questionnaires, interviews) and data analysis (such as working with language corpora, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, statistics).

 

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

readings, class participation, topic assignments, final tasks

 

Literatur

Baayen, Harald. (2008). Analyzing linguistic data: A practical introduction to statistics using R. Cambridge University Press.
Börjars, K. (2006). Description and theory. In B. Aarts & A. McMahon (Eds.), The handbook of English linguistics (pp. 9-32). Blackwell.
Butler, C.S. (2003). Structure and function: A guide to three major structural-functional theories. John Benjamins.
Dörnyei, Z. (2007). Research methods in applied linguistics. Oxford University Press.
Heine, B. & H. Narrog. (2010). Introduction. In B. Heine & H. Narrog (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of linguistic analysis (pp. 1-25). Oxford University Press.
McEnery, T. & A. Wilson. (2022). Corpus linguistics. Edinburgh University Press.
Meyer, C. F. (2023). English corpus linguistics: An introduction (Second edition). Cambridge University Press.

 

Prüfungsstoff

Reading, group-work, discussions, theory-inputs, hands-on tasks;
topic assignments and final tasks

 

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course grade is based on
* grades on topic assignments and in-class/online participation (50%)
* grades on two long final tasks (50%)

The minimum requirements for passing this course are:
(a) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
(b) handing in topic assignments (on time)
(c) handing in final tasks (on time)
(d) attaining a pass grade on more than half of all topic assignments and on at least one final task