Admission requirements
This course can only be taken if Indo-European Phonology, Indo-European Noun and Indo-European Verb have been completed successfully.
Description
In this course, we will read and discuss a set of articles and book chapters on a particular theme in comparative Indo-European linguistics. We will pay attention, first of all, to the argumentation of the authors of the articles, and to the validity of their arguments. Secondly, we will discuss the formal organisation of the articles: how are the facts presented, how explicit is the argumentation, how does the author use references and footnotes, etc.
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to learn how to critically read scholarly publications on Indo-European. Students will further learn how to summarize and analyze the argumentation in a scholarly publication, and practise forming their own opinion about the arguments in question. During the course, students will exercise their oral and written presentation skills.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
The following elements form part of the assessment of this course:
Preparation and active participation (pass/fail)
Presentation and discussion of 1 literature item in class (30 %)
Final paper including one round of feedback (70 %)
To meet the active participation requirement, the students must read each literature item, prepare at least one informed question about it and participate actively in the class discussion. For each missed or unprepared class, a 250 word summary of the literature item in question is required.
Each student will present one item from the literature list for discussion in class. For the final paper, the students will choose a topic within the overall topic of the course. The students must include literature from the reading list as well as some additional literature.
Weighing
The final grade consists of a weighted average of the above components. To pass the course, the students must pass the active participation requirement and the overall grade for the presentation and the final paper must be sufficient (6 or higher).
Resit
There will be two rounds of submission for the final paper. The first submission is mandatory, but will not be graded. If the students hand it in on time, they will receive feedback to improve the paper for the final submission.
There is no resit for the presentation during the course.
Reading list
A reading list will be provided at the beginning of the course. It will consist of articles and book chapters in English, German and French.
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory
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Contact
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Remarks
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