230143 Linguistically Relevant Films (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)

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If you think that linguistics has nothing to do with 'real life', you might want to participate in this course. Indeed, we are going to see that linguistic issues surround us on a daily basis – even when we spend our leisure time in the cinema. In this class, we will discuss the use of films as data source for linguistic research and encounter an eclectic mix of linguistic topics, such as primate communication, language development, language deprivation, language acquisition, multilingualism (and connected to it code-switching, language contact and interferences), as well as social or regional language variation and the linguistic study of humour in films. The choice of linguistic topics dealt with will very much depend on the choice of films, which will - to some extent - be discussed at the beginning of the seminar.

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weekly Fr 10-12   13.10.2025-06.02.2026

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23-ANG-M-AngHM1_IAS Language and the Processes of Culture The English Language in Context Study requirement
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23-ANG-M-AngHM3_IAS Media and the Processes of Culture / Los medios y los procesos de la cultura "Cultural Communication" oder "Mediating Cultures" Study requirement
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23-ANG-M-HM1 Hauptmodul 1: The English Language and the Processes of Culture HM 1.1 The English Language in Context Study requirement
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23-ANG-M-HM4 Hauptmodul 4: Media and the Processes of Culture HM 4.1 Cultural Communication Study requirement
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23-MeWi-HM1 Medien, Sprache und Kultur Lehrveranstaltung I Graded examination
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Lehrveranstaltung II Study requirement
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Lehrveranstaltung III Study requirement
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Lehrveranstaltung IV Study requirement
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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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