From Lexical Resource Semantics
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| = Semantic Phenomena in Creole Languages =
| |
|
| |
|
| == Course description ==
| |
|
| |
| We will use the tools for formal semantics to gain a systematic understanding of phenomena attested in creole languages.
| |
|
| |
| Creole languages are natural languages that have developed in a multilingual contact situation. Typically, the majority of the lexical items come from a historically dominant language, but the grammatical structure of a creole is clearly independent of that of its main lexifier language.
| |
|
| |
| After a general introduction to creole linguistics, we will concentrate on phenomena at the syntax-semantics interface that are attested in many creole languages but differ from the system of their lexifier languages. These include:
| |
|
| |
| * reduplication
| |
| * differences in the determiner systems
| |
| * tense, mood and aspect marking
| |
|
| |
| We will primarily look at English-based creole languages (such as Bislama and Jamaican Creole), but also extend our discussion to some Romance- and Dutch-based languages (such as Papiamentu and the partially creolized language Afrikaans).
| |
|
| |
| It is essential for this course that we can use the tools of formal semantics to describe the relevant phenomena. For this reason semantic knowledge at the level of Semantics 1 or equivalent is mandatory.
| |
|
| |
| == Entrance test ==
| |
|
| |
| In order to participate in the course you need to send your solutions to the following test to [mailto:sailer@em.uni-frankfurt.de sailer@em.uni-frankfurt.de] no later than April 6, 2016.
| |
|
| |
| SoSe16-Semanitcs2-EntranceTest.pdf (to be uploaded March 2016)
| |
|
| |
| Notifications of admission will be send out by April 12.
| |
Latest revision as of 14:56, 24 November 2015