LgV13 Semantics of sign languages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Strachoňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Tereza Kabeláčová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 G11
Prerequisites
ability to read in English; an introductory-level course of formal linguistics (TCZJ19 Introduction to syntax, OJD07 Theory of syntax, TCZJ48 Semantics or TCZJ21 Logic and natural language)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course consists of analyses of CSl grammar phenomena from the perspective of formal linguistics, namely semantics: reduplication, quantification, distributivity, anaphora.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to interpret a structure in CSL using the tools of formal linguistics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Plural reduplication in spoken languages (Balusu, R. (2006). Distributive reduplication in Telugu. In Proceedings of NELS,Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 39.)
  • 2. Experimental methods in semantics: Truth judgment task (Cable, S. (2013). Distributive Numerals and Distance Distributivity in Tlingit (and Beyond). Lingbuzz, available at http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/repo/semanticsArchive/article/001303)
  • 3. Distributive reduplication in sign languages (Kimmelman, V. (2015). Quantifiers in RSL: distributivity and compositionality. In P. Arkadiev, I. Kapitonov, Y. Lander, E. Rakhilina, & S. Tatevosov (Eds.), Donum semanticum: Opera linguistica et logica in honorem Barbarae Partee a discipulis amicisque Rossicis oblata (pp. 121-134). Moscow: LRC Publishers. Available at https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=3ac47dfc-d925-4d8b-9151-c7bb1f2d04af)
  • 4. Iconic semantics for sign languages (Schlenker, P. (2015). Visible Meaning: Sign Language and the Foundations of Semantics. Lingbuzz. Available at http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/002447).
  • 5. Pluralization in sign languages (Steinbach, M. Plurality (2012). Sign Language: An International Handbook. Edited by Roland Pfau - Markus Steinbach - Bencie Woll. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • 6. Plural reduplication in sign languages (Schlenker, P. a J- Lamberton (2017). Iconic Plurality. Linbuzz. Available at https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/003306).
  • 7. Distributive reduplication in Czech Sign Language (literature will be specified).
Literature
    required literature
  • Sign language : an international handbook. Edited by Roland Pfau - Markus Steinbach - B. Woll. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012, xii, 1126. ISBN 9783110204216. info
    recommended literature
  • KOENEMAN, Olaf and Hedzer Hugo ZEIJLSTRA. Introducing syntax. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, x, 301. ISBN 9781107096745. info
  • The Oxford handbook of linguistic analysis. Edited by Bernd Heine - Heiko Narrog. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xxxi, 1180. ISBN 9780199677078. info
  • FÁBREGAS, Antonio and Sergio SCALISE. Morphology : from data to theories. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012, xii, 209. ISBN 9780748643141. info
  • SANDLER, Wendy and Diane C. LILLO-MARTIN. Sign language and linguistic universals. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xx, 547. ISBN 9780521483957. info
Teaching methods
The classes combine lectures and seminars. The students are given readings and are expected to know the text at the following class.
Assessment methods
oral exam and activity in the class (reading and ability to discuss the texts)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2023.
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