E-LRS2

e-Learning Resources for Semantics 2 (e-LRS 2)

Overview

Link:	http://www.lexical-resource-semantics.de/wiki/index.php/E-LRS
Duration:	October 2013 - July 2014
Source:	eLearning Förderfond of the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
Team:	Manfred Sailer (project leader)
Partners:	Clemens Bohrer (Akademie für Bildungsforschung und Lehrerbildung, Frankfurt/Main)
	Robert D. Levine (Ohio State University)
	Frank Richter (University of Tübingen)

Summary

Formal semantics is one of the central subdisciplines of modern linguistics. It allows an exact description and analysis of a wide range of linguistic phenomena. Such phenomena are not only important for linguistic theorizing but also for cross-linguistic comparisions and, eventually, for foreign language teaching. However, the content of formal semantics is very abstract and many students of philologies are easily scared away by this first impression. The use of New media in teaching semantics can help reduce this obstacle and make students interested in the field of semantics. In the project, we will develop e-learing material together with students and for students. The majority of this material will be made available on the current wiki and/or on the blog english-linguistics.de.