Oriana Yim

• Historical linguistics
• Pragmatics
• Historical (corpus) pragmatics
• Health communication and medical texts. 

09.2023 - MA in English Linguistics, University of Heidelberg

07.2021 - BA in English and Creative Writing, University of South Wales, Wales

Modal Verbs
Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft

Modal verbs are tools for language users to express statements in relation to reality or truth. They can be used to express likelihood, permission, ability, obligation, necessity, possibility, and to make requests and give advice. 

In this PSI, we use various core branches of linguistics to analyse modal verbs, including semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics. We gain practical experience working with language data from various sources and undertake different types of analysis. Topics include the categorisation of modal meaning, variation in modal verb use across register, time, and sociodemographic factors, and expressing modality in second language varieties. 

By the end of the semester, you will know much more about the nuances of modal verbs; but more importantly, you will know how to design and execute a linguistic empirical research project and how to present your research professionally in a research paper. You will use these skills again in subsequent linguistics courses and they are transferable to other research-based subjects. 

Students are required to give a presentation and write a term paper on a small empirical research project (of your choice subject to approval). In preparation for writing your research papers, you receive guidance on data collection, we practice using online corpora, and discuss the logistics of gathering your own data (questionnaires, interviews, etc.) The course is graded on your presentation, term paper, and classroom participation. 

There will be mandatory self-study tasks each week, usually in the form of reading assignments, this literature will be made available on Moodle. Students should have completed 'Introduction to Linguistics' before attending this proseminar.

Variation across Style and Register
Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft

Different registers call for different language; the words, grammatical constructions and discourse conventions which go into a job application vary considerably from those of a personal diary, recipe or birthday party invitation. In this PS1 you will be introduced to theoretical concepts to describe this variation, such as text type, genre, register, and style. You will engage with previous linguistic research which has applied these theoretical concepts to language data. And you will learn how to conduct your own data analysis to examine register variation. By the end of the semester you will know how to design and execute a linguistic empirical research project and how to present your research professionally in a research paper. You will use these skills again in subsequent linguistics courses and they are transferable to other research-based subjects. 

Students are required to give a presentation and write a term paper on a small empirical research project (of your choice subject to approval). In preparation for writing your research papers, you receive guidance on data collection, we practice using online corpora, and discuss the logistics of gathering your own data (questionnaires, interviews, etc.) The course is graded on your presentation, term paper, and classroom participation. 

There will be mandatory self-study tasks each week, usually in the form of reading assignments, this literature will be made available on Moodle. Students should have completed 'Introduction to Linguistics' before attending this proseminar.

Modal verbs
Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft

Modal verbs are tools for language users to express statements in relation to reality or truth. They can be used to express likelihood, permission, ability, obligation, necessity, possibility, and to make requests and give advice. 

In this PSI, we use various core branches of linguistics to analyse modal verbs, including semantics, sociolinguistics, and pragmatics. We gain practical experience working with language data from various sources, including corpora, and undertake different types of linguistic analysis. Topics covered include the categorisation of modal meaning, variation in modal verb use across register and time, and the influence of sociodemographic factors. 

By the end of the semester, you will know much more about the nuances of modal verbs; but more importantly, you will know how to design and execute a linguistic empirical research project and how to present your research professionally in a research paper. You will use these skills again in subsequent linguistics courses and they are transferable to other research-based subjects. 

Students are required to give a presentation and write a term paper on a small empirical research project (of your choice subject to approval). In preparation for writing your research papers, you receive guidance on data collection, we practice using online corpora, and discuss the logistics of gathering your own data (questionnaires, interviews, etc.) The course is graded on your presentation, term paper, and classroom participation. 

There will be mandatory self-study tasks each week, usually in the form of reading assignments, this literature will be made available on Moodle.

Variation across Style and Register
Proseminar I Sprachwissenschaft

Different registers call for different language; the words, grammatical constructions and discourse conventions which go into a job application vary considerably from those of a personal diary, recipe or birthday party invitation. In this PS1 you will be introduced to theoretical concepts to describe this variation, such as text type, genre, register, and style. You will engage with previous linguistic research which has applied these theoretical concepts to language data and you will learn how to conduct your own data analysis to examine register variation. We will gain practical experience working with language data from various sources, including corpora. 

By the end of the semester you will know how to design and execute a linguistic empirical research project and how to present your research professionally in a research paper. You will use these skills again in subsequent linguistics courses and they are transferable to other research-based subjects. 

Students are required to give a presentation and write a term paper on a small empirical research project (of your choice subject to approval). In preparation for writing your research papers, you receive guidance on data collection, we practice using online corpora, and discuss the logistics of gathering your own data. The course is graded on your presentation, term paper, and classroom participation. 

There will be mandatory self-study tasks each week, usually in the form of reading assignments, this literature will be made available on Moodle.