LING4170 – Linguistics Specialization on Structure and Form
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The academic theme of this course changes from semester to semester, but all specializations provide students with deeper knowledge of the fundamentals of recent? research on linguistic structure and form. This may for example involve various aspects of leading theories in cognitive grammar, construction grammar, generative grammar, and sometimes more or less specialized linguistic research fields (which can be studied under several theoretical approaches), such as argument structure, diachronic linguistics, grammaticalization, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, interactional linguistics, language acquisition, linguistic typology, sociolinguistics or bilingualism.
- Course description Autumn 2025:?Computational Lexical Functional Grammar?
Course description Autumn 2024: Recent advances in the analysis of Norwegian structure and form
Course description Autumn 2023: Interactional Linguistics
Course description Autumn 2022:Possessive relations in grammar
Course description Autumn 2021:Formal language theory in linguistics
Course description Autumn 2020:Eksperimentell fonetikk/fonologi
Course description Autumn 2019: Kognitiv lingvistikk
Course description Autumn 2018: Leksikalsk-funksjonell grammatikk
Course description Autumn 2017: Spr?kd?d og spr?kbevaring (Language endangerment and language preservation)
Course description Autumn 2015: Lingvistisk typologi - utvalgte temaer
Course description Autumn 2014:Grammatikalisering og morfosyntaktisk endring
Learning outcome
As a student of such a specialization course you will be introduced to a general theoretical framework that constitutes a relevant approach to linguistic research as well as to more specialized domains which you will be able to grasp more comprehensively. In addition to providing you with a theoretical foundation for linguistic analysis, the course will help you learn to apply the theoretical concepts to work towards your own thesis.
Admission to the course
To enroll in this course, you must be a student in one of the following master's programs:
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
Students enrolled in other Master`s Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
The minimum number of attendants for the course is 5.
Teaching
Classes are given throughout the semester, 10 double lectures in total.
Each student has to complete a compulsory assignment given by the teacher during the course of the seminar. The assignment must be approved by the teacher before the student can take the final exam.
The mandatory activity is only valid for the semester in which it was approved.
Examination
Term Paper.?
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
A term paper or equivalent that is passed may not be resubmitted in revised form.
If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
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