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Seminar: 10-76-3-WD1-03 Key Topics in Linguistics: Systemic Functional Grammar and Language AI - Details

Seminar: 10-76-3-WD1-03 Key Topics in Linguistics: Systemic Functional Grammar and Language AI - Details

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Course name Seminar: 10-76-3-WD1-03 Key Topics in Linguistics: Systemic Functional Grammar and Language AI
Subtitle
Course number 10-76-3-WD1-03
Semester WiSe 2025/2026
Current number of participants 15
maximum number of participants 25
Home institute Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
Next date Thursday, 18.12.2025 10:15 - 11:45, Room: SFG 2040
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja
ECTS points 3

Rooms and times

SFG 2040
Thursday: 10:15 - 11:45, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday & Matthiessen 2004) is a theory of language that assumes that whatever we say or write has a function. These functions can be grouped into three superordinate groups, so called metafunctions; the experiential, the interpersonal and the textual metafunction. Students in this course will get a thorough revision of word classes, phrases and clauses. You will learn to analyse the functions of the constituents of a clause according to the metafunctions. This, in turn, serves to describe texts from all areas of life.
Throughout the term, we will study how Systemic Functional Grammar can help us to judge generative AI’s output, but also how we can use generative AI to make Systemic Functional analyses of texts easier. SFG and Language AIs can profit from one another, and we are a part of the process.

Requirements
Participation in discussions in class and group work, which requires the students‘ attendance. Reading the course material. The students will do several small written tasks that add up to their grade (PL) or „pass“ (SL).

This class can be taken for the WD module, the Focus Module, for the D module (D1c and D2b will require a term paper), as well as for ‚Ersatzleistung für das Auslandssemester‘. Erasmus students are of course welcome.

Reference
Halliday M.A.K & Christian M.I.M Matthiessen. 2004. An Introduction to Functional Grammar. 3rd ed. Hodder Arnold.
Thompson, Geoff. 2014. Introducing Functional Grammar. 3rd ed. Routledge. Available for download from the library.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Limited number of participants: Key Topics in Linguistics: Systemic Functional Grammar and Language AI".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.