StEOPWS2011 12 Language Analysis Unit1

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Language Analysis WS 09

121010 VO StEOP: LanguageAnalysis WS2010/11Department of English University of Vienna


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Language Analysis Lecture

WELCOME TO

UNIVERSITY!

Mag. Dr. Gunther Kaltenbck(Gruppe 1)

Email:[email protected]

Tel: 4277 42482Office hour: Tue 3-4 pm

Mag.Dr. LotteSommerer (Gruppe 2)

Email:[email protected]

Tel: 4277 42485Office hour: Tue 3-4pm


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Course MaterialsHandout:

Copy Studio, Schwarzspanierstr. 10

Books: Collins & Hollo (2009)

Please no eating and mobile phonesduring the lecture!


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Course detailsE-learning platform moodle/ E-tutor:

Sandra Gomes

e-learning.univie.ac.at (e-gate)

Tutorial (Tue, 8:00-9:30, Unterrichtsraum):

Nov 8 Dez 6

Nov 22 Dez 13

Also register for the lecture,

and for the Modulprfung on univis!


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Vorlesungsverzeichnis


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E-gate


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Weblogin


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What is grammar?True or false?

a grammar of a language is a book

written about itgrammar is found only in written

language, spoken language has nogrammar

grammar can be good or bad, corrector incorrect


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What does grammar do?

They strentered folicly until a

magan veened to famble them

Strentered they them veened auntil famble magan folicly to


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What does grammar do?(1)*up and he that the in Bill Jane

stand announce spring marry

(2) *Bill stand up announce that heand Jane marry in the spring

(3) Bill stood up and announcedthat he and Jane would bemarrying in the Spring


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Grammar

Syntax Morphology

Inflectional

(4)


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Grammar isa. The system by which the ......... and ........ of

a language are organised into large units,

particularly into ........b. A particular description of such a system, as

embodied in a set of rules

c. The branch of linguistics dealing with the

construction of such descriptions and with theinvestigation of their properties,conventionally divided into morphologyandsyntax (Trask 1993)

(5)


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Grammar and the

description of language

Phonology Grammar

Syntax Morphology

Lexicon

(6)


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Collocationhomework bed research

makedo


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make xdo x x

number importance traderbig

largegreat


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make xdo x x

number importance traderbig x

large xgreat x

sun idea prospectsbright

radiant


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make xdo x x

number importance traderbig x

large xgreat x

sun idea prospectsbright x x x

radiant x


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Colligationsuggest + -ing

vs.

start + -ing

start + to


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Form vs. meaning (2)(9) Will you be ok?

(10a)Will you be quiet!

(10b)Will you have another sandwich


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Prescriptive vs.

descriptive grammara) correct incorrect

b) right wrong

c) grammatical ungrammatical

a) formal informal

b) standard non-standardc) written spoken

d) appropriate - inappropriate


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Prescriptive vs.

descriptive (2)

(11a) This is the house which he lives in

(11b) This is the house in which he lives


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Prescriptive vs.

descriptive (3)Wegen ................. (Hochwasser)habe ich nicht in die Vorlesung

kommen knnen

Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich

habe keine Zeit

See also Ex. p.6


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Other types of grammar Pedagogical

Reference

Traditional

Theoretical


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Discovering theregularities (rules)

Introspection

Elicitation

Corpus based research

e.g. collocation example:

Susi has to ______ her homework.

(make/ do)


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Corpus searches

Online corpora, e.g.

http://corpus.byu.edu/
http://corpus.byu.edu/http://corpus.byu.edu/

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StEOPWS2011 12 Language Analysis Unit1