Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics
is concerned with the systematic and subconscious constraints governing
language. The core areas of linguistics are the following:
- Phonetics
– the articulation and perception of speech sounds
- Phonology
– the contrasts and patterns of speech sounds
- Morphology
– the formation and structure of words
- Syntax
– the formation and structure of phrases and clauses
- Semantics
– the meanings of linguistic expressions
- Pragmatics
– the meanings of linguistic expressions in context
Linguistics at the IEAS
In
the linguistics department of the IEAS, we look into these and further areas of
linguistics (corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics,
sociolinguistics, etc.) with respect to present-day English and its varieties
around the world. We also investigate other Germanic and non-Germanic
languages, especially in externally funded research. We are particularly
interested in syntax and semantics and the syntax-semantics interface: the
relations among linguistic expressions' forms and meanings.
We are involved in and provide classes for the following study programs:
- Lehramt Englisch (teaching degree in English)
- BA English Studies
- BA and MA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft (empirical linguistics)
- MA Linguistics
- Grundschulen (primary schools, L1)
- Haupt- and Realschulen (secondary schools, L2)
- Gymnasien (grammar schools, L3)
- Förderschulen (special-needs schools, L5)
Further information on Lehramt Englisch:
Study regulations: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/63261859/10_Allgemeine_Studien-Prufungsordnung
Website of the Academy for Educational Research and Teacher Training (ABL): https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/153976748/Akademie_f%C3%BCr_Bildungsforschung_und_Lehrkr%C3%A4ftebildung
Contact: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/154866808/Mitarbeiter_innen
Our courses: https://www.english-linguistics.de/lehramt-englisch-linguistics
The BA English Studies is an English/German-taught six-semester program that can be studied as a major or a minor subject at the IEAS. The program is divided into four focus areas: English linguistics; English literary studies; cultural, intellectual, and social history (Kultur-, Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte; KIS); and new Anglophone literatures and cultures (Neue englischsprachige Literaturen und Kulturen, NELK).
Further information on the BA English Studies (BA ES):
Program: https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/51641132/IEAS___Prospective_Students__English_Studies (en)
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/43153819/BA_English_Studies (de)
Study regulations:
BA ES Hauptfach: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/62689414/FB_10___Neuere_Philologien#englishbahf
BA ES Nebenfach: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/62689414/FB_10___Neuere_Philologien#englishbanf
Contact: https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/51642648
Our courses: https://www.english-linguistics.de/ba-english-studies-linguistics/
The
BA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft (empirical linguistics) is a
German-taught eight-semester program in empirical linguistics that can be
studied as a major or a minor and offers eleven focus areas.
Further information on the BA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft:
Program:
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129883987/B_A__Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
Focus
areas: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/130182520/Schwerpunkte_B_A
Overview
Slides as PDF: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/85108187/Überblick_ES.pdf
Website of the Institut für
Empirische Sprachwissenschaft: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129823888/Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
The
MA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft is a German-taught two/four-semester
program in empirical linguistics that offers eight focus areas. The length of
this MA depends on the length of your BA.
The
program provides participants with the in-depth expertise and methods necessary
to explore and analyze natural human languages with empirical procedures. It
covers both modern and ancient human languages and aims to a) describe aspects
that are specific to these languages as well as general aspects of language and
speech, b) classify these aspects on the basis of typology and historical
genetics, and c) explain them. Research into these languages covers their usage
as “spoken languages” in everyday communication processes on the one hand, but
on the other all written forms of natural languages used, thereby taking into
account and focusing particularly on the literary traditions linked to these
languages, their socio-historical conditions of use or other phenomena linked
to their usage.
Further information on the MA Empirische
Sprachwissenschaft:
Program:
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129884108/M_A__Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
Focus
areas: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/130317293/Schwerpunkte
Application
process: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/151401572/Bewerbung_M_A
Website of the Institut für
Empirische Sprachwissenschaft: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129823888/Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
The
MA Linguistics is an English-taught four-semester program in theoretical
linguistics focusing on syntax, semantics, phonology, psycho- and
neurolinguistics, language variation and change, and constraint-based grammar.
The
program qualifies participants to make empirically based and theoretically
founded statements about different aspects of language and to investigate them
further in independent research.
Further
information on the MA Linguistics:
Program:
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/35792011
Focus
areas: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/focus-areas-ma-ling
Application
process: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/application-ma-ling
Website
of the Institute of Linguistics: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/front-page/en
Contact:
https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/contact-persons
Linguistics
Linguistics
is concerned with the systematic and subconscious constraints governing
language. The core areas of linguistics are the following:
- Phonetics
– the articulation and perception of speech sounds
- Phonology
– the contrasts and patterns of speech sounds
- Morphology
– the formation and structure of words
- Syntax
– the formation and structure of phrases and clauses
- Semantics
– the meanings of linguistic expressions
- Pragmatics
– the meanings of linguistic expressions in context
Linguistics at the IEAS
In
the linguistics department of the IEAS, we look into these and further areas of
linguistics (corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics,
sociolinguistics, etc.) with respect to present-day English and its varieties
around the world. We also investigate other Germanic and non-Germanic
languages, especially in externally funded research. We are particularly
interested in syntax and semantics and the syntax-semantics interface: the
relations among linguistic expressions' forms and meanings.
We are involved in and provide classes for the following study programs:
- Lehramt Englisch (teaching degree in English)
- BA English Studies
- BA and MA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft (empirical linguistics)
- MA Linguistics
- Grundschulen (primary schools, L1)
- Haupt- and Realschulen (secondary schools, L2)
- Gymnasien (grammar schools, L3)
- Förderschulen (special-needs schools, L5)
Further information on Lehramt Englisch:
Study regulations: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/63261859/10_Allgemeine_Studien-Prufungsordnung
Website of the Academy for Educational Research and Teacher Training (ABL): https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/153976748/Akademie_f%C3%BCr_Bildungsforschung_und_Lehrkr%C3%A4ftebildung
Contact: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/154866808/Mitarbeiter_innen
Our courses: https://www.english-linguistics.de/lehramt-englisch-linguistics
The BA English Studies is an English/German-taught six-semester program that can be studied as a major or a minor subject at the IEAS. The program is divided into four focus areas: English linguistics; English literary studies; cultural, intellectual, and social history (Kultur-, Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte; KIS); and new Anglophone literatures and cultures (Neue englischsprachige Literaturen und Kulturen, NELK).
Further information on the BA English Studies (BA ES):
Program: https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/51641132/IEAS___Prospective_Students__English_Studies (en)
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/43153819/BA_English_Studies (de)
Study regulations:
BA ES Hauptfach: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/62689414/FB_10___Neuere_Philologien#englishbahf
BA ES Nebenfach: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/62689414/FB_10___Neuere_Philologien#englishbanf
Contact: https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/51642648
Our courses: https://www.english-linguistics.de/ba-english-studies-linguistics/
The
BA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft (empirical linguistics) is a
German-taught eight-semester program in empirical linguistics that can be
studied as a major or a minor and offers eleven focus areas.
Further information on the BA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft:
Program:
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129883987/B_A__Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
Focus
areas: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/130182520/Schwerpunkte_B_A
Overview
Slides as PDF: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/85108187/Überblick_ES.pdf
Website of the Institut für
Empirische Sprachwissenschaft: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129823888/Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
The
MA Empirische Sprachwissenschaft is a German-taught two/four-semester
program in empirical linguistics that offers eight focus areas. The length of
this MA depends on the length of your BA.
The
program provides participants with the in-depth expertise and methods necessary
to explore and analyze natural human languages with empirical procedures. It
covers both modern and ancient human languages and aims to a) describe aspects
that are specific to these languages as well as general aspects of language and
speech, b) classify these aspects on the basis of typology and historical
genetics, and c) explain them. Research into these languages covers their usage
as “spoken languages” in everyday communication processes on the one hand, but
on the other all written forms of natural languages used, thereby taking into
account and focusing particularly on the literary traditions linked to these
languages, their socio-historical conditions of use or other phenomena linked
to their usage.
Further information on the MA Empirische
Sprachwissenschaft:
Program:
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129884108/M_A__Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
Focus
areas: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/130317293/Schwerpunkte
Application
process: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/151401572/Bewerbung_M_A
Website of the Institut für
Empirische Sprachwissenschaft: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/129823888/Empirische_Sprachwissenschaft
The
MA Linguistics is an English-taught four-semester program in theoretical
linguistics focusing on syntax, semantics, phonology, psycho- and
neurolinguistics, language variation and change, and constraint-based grammar.
The
program qualifies participants to make empirically based and theoretically
founded statements about different aspects of language and to investigate them
further in independent research.
Further
information on the MA Linguistics:
Program:
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/35792011
Focus
areas: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/focus-areas-ma-ling
Application
process: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/application-ma-ling
Website
of the Institute of Linguistics: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/front-page/en
Contact:
https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/en/contact-persons
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