International seminar in the Department of English, Germanic and Romance on constructions in the language on 3 June.

Construction is an ambiguous concept in the study of language. This typically refers to a complex syntactic unit as a core subject area of ​​language research and teaching. But it refers in modern linguistics also to a specific language comprehension, which are formulated in different versions of konstruktionsgrammatikken. We will use the seminar let ambiguity be a unifying thematic framework for a number of language researchers various contributions to the overall theme: constructions in the language. The lectures will include take the following themes: * Different languages ​​theories have the structure in the center * The relationship between structures and lexicon * Structures specificity * Structures productivity * The language-based approach * structures seen in a neurolinguistic perspective * Tekstlingvistik from a construction grammatical point of view * Konstruktionsgrammatikken and contrastive linguistics * Language Acquisition from a construction grammar perspective * Certain structures functionality and diachrony - from morpheme to text the seminar will be conducted in English. See the program for the whole day for further information: Johan Pedersen (jhp@hum.ku.dk) or Ken Farø (kenfaroe@hum.ku. com) Registration for Anne Lise Sivertsen (annes@hum.ku.dk) Time: 3rd June 2008 at. 9 to 17.30 Place: Faculty of Humanities (New KUA), building 23, room 23.2.47 Organizer: Department of English, Germanic and Romance