1 Introduction

2 Beyond Structural Linguistics; Reading Assignment: J. E. Joseph (2015): Structural linguistics

3 Generative Grammar - Introduction; Reading Assignment: R. Jackendoff (1997): Questions, Goals, and Assumptions

4 Generative Grammar - Overview of the history; Reading Assignment: H. Lasnik – T. Lohndal (2013): Brief overview of the history of generative syntax

5 Generative Grammar - Minimalism; Reading Assignment: Ž. Bošković (2013): Principles and Parameters Theory and Minimalism

6 Generative Grammar - Critique; Reading Assignment: M. Haspelmath (2000): Why can´t we talk to each other

7 Typology: Reading Assignment; N. Evans – S. Levinson (2009): The myth of language universals

8 Cognitive Linguistics I.; Reading Assignment: D. Geeraerts (2010): Cognitive Linguistics

9 Cognitive Linguistics II.; Reading Assignment: D. Geeraerts (2010): Cognitive Linguistics

10 Cognitive Linguistics - Empirical Turn: Reading Assignment: J. Bybee (2013): From Usage to Grammar: The Mind´s Response to Repetition; D. Divjak – C. Caldwell-Harris (2015): Frequency and Entrenchment

11 Communicative Turn in Linguistics; Reading Assignment: S. C. Levinson – F. Torreira (2015): Timing in turn-taking and its implications for processing models of language

12 Converging approaches - Socio-cognitive linguistics; Reading Assignment: D. Geeraerts (2016): Socio-semiotic commitment

13 Linguistics without categories? Reading Assignment: M. Ramscar – R. Port (2016): How Spoken Languages Work in the Absence of an Inventory of Discrete Units