Methods in linguistic theory
Doctoral study programme Cognitive Science of Language
Objectives and competences
To enable the students to independently obtain linguistic data from informants (as opposed to secondary sources, e.g. books, reports etc.) and to analyze raw informant data
Competences:
• Ability to conduct independent field work in linguistics
• Ability to interact with informants during formulation and analysis of interesting and theoretically significant problems in linguistics
Prerequisites
“Introduction to Syntax” and “Introduction to phonology”
Content
The course focuses on the methodologies of obtaining raw language data from native informants. The data so obtained will be analyzed using theoretical tools introduced in the introductory theoretical courses.
Intended learning outcomes
Basic knowledge of field work in linguistics.
Readings
The readings will be determined based on the particular language discussed in the course.
Assessment
Homework assignments and final term paper (50% / 50%).
Lecturer's references
Associate professor of Linguistics at the University of Gorica (prof. dr. Rok Žaucer).
Bibliography:
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Marušič, F. & R. Žaucer. 2021. Investigation of Slovenian Copular Agreement. V S. Franks & A. Timberlake (ur.) Selected Proceedings of the 14th Meeting of the Slavic Linguistics Society. In Honor of Peter Kosta. Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien: Peter Lang.
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Marušič, F. & R. Žaucer. 2021. Dual in Slovenian. In P. Cabredo Hofherr & J. Doetjes (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Grammatical Number. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Marušič, F., R. Žaucer, A. Saksida, J. Sullivan, D. Skordos, Y. Wang, D. Barner. 2021. Do children derive exact meanings pragmatically? Evidence from a dual morphology language. Cognition 207: 104527.
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R. M. Schneider, J. Sullivan, F. Marušič, R. Žaucer, P. Biswasc, P. Mišmaš, V. Plesničar, D. Barner. 2020. Do Children Use Language Structure to Discover the Recursive Rules of Counting? Cognitive Psychology 117: 53-75.
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Marušič, F., P. Mišmaš & R. Žaucer. 2019. Looking for Cognitive Foundations of Functional Sequences. Studies in Polish Linguistics 14/1 (Selected Papers from the 11th Conference on Syntax, Phonology and Language Analysis): 53-75.