Guidelines & Downloads at the Chair of English Lingustics
Guidelines & Downloads
Who to ask about...
- Our modules: cf. Teaching page
- M.A. study organisation: Please send an email to our master tutor Viktoria Rossi.
- Transfer of course credits (Anerkennungen): Christian Hoffmann
- Erasmus: Christian Hoffmann
Written and Oral Coursework
Theses (Abschlussarbeiten)
Length:
- Zulassungsarbeit (Lehramt ): 12.000 - 16.000 words
- Bachelor Thesis: 12.000 - 16.000 words
- Master Thesis: 25.000 - 30.000 words
Layout & Style:
- based on the style sheet for seminar papers (cf. above)
Requirements:
- a reasonable research question or hypothesis
- combination of theory and application, i.e. working with data & conducting at least some linguistic analyses of your own
- written in English
Examples of previously accepted topics:
- Lexical Change in Present-day English: A case study of the IT lexicon
- International Communication: English as Lingua Franca versus artificial languages
- Middle English Phraseology: Native Developments and Foreign Influences
- Humour in advertising: A comparison of British and German TV ads
- Metaphors in Political Speech
- Idioms in Second-Language Learning
- Plus: from mathematical operator to conjunction
State Exams
Bei Interesse an einem sprachhistorischen Thema (Old English, Middle English) für das Staatsexamen, wenden Sie sich gerne an Frau Prof. Dr. Claridge.
Please contact
Prof. Dr. Claridge if you are interested in doing a historical topic in the state exam (Old English, Middle English).
She can provide assistance of various kinds.
- Info zur Vorbereitung Staatsexamen vertieft
- Staatsexamen vertieft
- Staatsexamen nicht-vertieft
- BambEx digital
- Anforderungsprofil Staatsexamen LPO I 2008 Unterrichtsfach
- Orientierungshilfe Staatsexamen modularisiert LPO I 2008, gültig bis Termin Frühjahr 2021
- Wichtige Änderung zu Orientierungshilfe Staatsexamen, gültig bis Termin Frühjahr 2021
- Orientierungshilfe Staatsexamen modularisiert LPO I 2008, gültig ab Termin Herbst 2021