231183 Fuzzy Grammar (S) (WiSe 2013/2014)

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The course will focus on phenomena in grammar that involve a notion of

a) gradience in terms of category membership and
b) vagueness in terms of semantic interpretation.

While a large number of categories seem well-entrenched in their respective scopes, a significant part of morphosyntax relies on items that are defined relatively vaguely. In other areas of study, fuzzy sets or continua are used to describe these phenomena but in linguistics, the study of fuzziness proper is relatively new even though the investigation into fuzzy set grammar started in the philosophy of language with Wittgenstein’s observation of family resemblances. In modern linguistics, the identification of semantic prototypes can be considered a landmark. This approach has been extended into the morphosyntactic field with the phonological and semantic polarity of all grammatical items in Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar and compatible approaches. In this class we will

a)systematically look at diverse levels of linguistic description,
b) identify phenomena of fuzziness and
c) investigate, where these notions lead us theoretically and practically.

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weekly Do 12-14 C01-148 14.10.2013-07.02.2014
not on: 12/26/13

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23-ANG-AngVM3 Vertiefungsmodul 3: Linguistics VM 3.2 Language System Study requirement
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Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) Kern- und Nebenfach BaAngPM1    
Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education (Enrollment until SoSe 2014) BaAngPM1    
Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education (Enrollment until SoSe 2014) BaAngPM1    

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seminar (S) / 2
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This lecture is taught in english
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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