AJ12079 Corpus Methods for Cognitive Linguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/20/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Dylan Glynn (lecturer), doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces basic statistical and corpus tools for cognitive linguistic research. After the course, students will be able to conduct a cognitive analysis of language using statistics.
Syllabus
  • 14 December (Monday): 14:10-15:40 (SAC), 15:50-17:20 (SR) 15 December (Tuesday): 10:50-12:30 (SAC), 12:40-14:10 (SR), 15:50-17:20 (SAC) 16 December (Wednesday): 10:50-12:30 (SR), 12:40-14:10 (SR), 15:50-17:20 (SR) 17 December (Thursday): 10:50-12:30 (SAC), 12:40-14:10 (SAC) SR: Staff Room, the meeting room in the Department Office. Session 1. Introduction – Cognitive and Functional Linguistics Between the mind and society, a social-mentalist theory of langauge Session 2. Research Question Metaphors & Models – Construals & Constructions – Polsyemy and Prototypes In this session, we will discuss some of the different research lines and choose one to work with. Session 3. Data and Language In this session, we will work together on data collection for the question chosen Session 4. Analysis and Operationalisation He we will work together on analysing the data collected, paying special attention to the linguistics problems involved with operationalising the conceptual-functional categories we are examining. Session 5. Results and interpretation How can we determine if the results we have obtained are true for langauge or just for our sample In this session, we introduce basic tests for significance such as the Chi-Squared Test Session 6. Results and interactions Langauge is complex with many different simultaneous dimensions effects choice and conceptualisation. In this session, we will consider how to identify complex patterns in the results we have obtains. Session 7. Interactions and Interpretations In this session, we continue the work of session 5 and 6 Session 8. Predictions and Power In this session, we turn to modelling our data. Using quantitative models, we are able to determine, not only if our results are true for all of langauge, but also how well they can predict how people will use langauge. If they can predict how language is used, then we can be confident that they are not only true, but also descriptively powerful Session 9. This session continues what session 8 begins. Session 10. Projects and Papers In this session, we work on your projects and how to publish a linguistics article.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The course will be evaluated upon the submission of a project. The nature of the project will be decided by the group, but will be either 1 or two of the following lines of research: a. Conceptual Metaphors in Cognitive Semantics b. Idealised Cognitive Models for Contrastive Linguistics c. Idealised Cognitive Models for Critical Discourse Analysis d. Lexical Polysemy in Cognitive Semantics
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Intensive course.
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