http://introling.ynada.com This web log accompanies the course of the same title held by Cornelius Puschmann at the University of Düsseldorf in 2008 / 2009 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:14:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just in case some of you are still looking for a course in the Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft: instead of another introductory class, I will be teaching 'The Language of Business' in the winter (Tuesday, 9-11 am, room to be announced). We've only made this change very recently so there are still ... http://introling.ynada.com/course-the-language-of-business Here are the results of the written exam that took place two weeks ago: Klausurergebnisse Introduction to English Linguistics 2008 (PDF) Congratulations to those of you who have passed. To those who haven't: don't despair. Failing a test is something that happens to almost everyone at some point. Register for the Nachschreibklausur ... http://introling.ynada.com/results-of-the-written-exam-july-24th Here is some information about the time and place of the exam, as the Geschaeftszimmer confirmed it yesterday: Der schriftliche Teil Ihrer Prüfung findet am 24.7.2008 von 14.30 - 16.00 Uhr in Hörsaal 3 H, 23.21 statt. Bitte stellen Sie unbedingt sicher, dass Sie spätestens um 14.00 Uhr am genannten Hörsaal ... http://introling.ynada.com/final-exam-next-week You can download the test exam that we used to practice for the finals next week here. To check your answers, download the answer key here. http://introling.ynada.com/test-exam   Pragmatics Note: you can also download a PDF version of this summary optimized for printing here. When humans communicate, much of what goes on is not simply about conveying information to others. One problem regarding the way in which semantics describes meaning is that anything that goes beyond the content of the ... http://introling.ynada.com/summary-pragmatics The slides for today's session can be downloaded below: Session 11 - The History of English http://introling.ynada.com/presentation-for-session-2-11 We'll start tomorrow's session by discussing a series of questions about sociolinguistics. You can download the questions beforehand here if you like. Note that we'll only discuss the answers during the session - I will not post them here separately. http://introling.ynada.com/repetition-sociolinguistics You can download yesterday’s slides below. Session 9 - Types of variety and variation http://introling.ynada.com/presentation-for-session-2-9 Liebe Kursteilnehmer, hier noch einmal zur Erinnerung: bis Montag müssen sich *ALLE* Bachelor-Studenten aus meinem Kurs für die Abschlussprüfung im Basismodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft angemeldet haben. Das funktioniert in zwei Schritten, wie hier beschrieben: http://introling.ynada.com/anmeldung-zur-prufung Sie können das Anmeldeformular noch bis Montag, 13.00 Uhr, im Sekretariat der Anglistik 3 (23.21, Etage 1, Raum 66) abgeben ... http://introling.ynada.com/wichtig-klausuranmeldung You can download today's slides below. Session 8 - Register, Genre and Style And, in case you need them for whatever reason, you can download the text samples we discussed in class today here. http://introling.ynada.com/presentation-for-session-2-8