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Introduction to German linguistics
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| Course Code : | 1007FLWTLD | | Study domain: | Linguistics and Proficiency | | Semester: | Semester: 1st semester
| | Contact hours: | 30 | | Credits: | 4 | | Study load (hours): | 112 | | Contract restrictions: | No contract restriction
| | Language of instruction : | German
| | Exam period: | exam in the 1st semester
| | Tutor(s) | Tanja Mortelmans
Tom Smits
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1. Prerequisites
At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:
An active knowlegde of :Specific prerequisites for this course:
Basic knowledge of the German language is necessary.
2. Learning outcomes
This course provides a general introduction to specific aspects of the German language (its geographical dispersal, the number of native and non-native speakers, the international status of the German language, ...). Moreover, students will be made acquainted with a number of traditional areas within 'germanistic' linguistics ('Germanistik').
3. Course contents
- General knowledge pertaining to various aspects of the German language: its (number of) speakers, its international status (e.g. German as a scientific language, as a language of economy, etc.), the recent spelling debate, ...
- From a more linguistic point of view, areal-, socio- and contact-linguistic issues will be tackled. Attention will also be paid to the German language from an historical linguistic point of view.
- Finally, contrastive phonetics (German-Dutch) will be studied as well.
4. Teaching method
Class contact teaching: LecturesPractice sessions
Personal work: Assignments:In group
5. Assessment method and criteria
Examination: Written without oral presentation
Presentation
6. Study material
Required reading
Tanja Mortelmans & Tom Smits. Inleiding tot de Duitse taalwetenschap. Universitas
Werner König: dtv-Atlas deutsche Sprache. dtv-Verlag.
Optional reading
The following study material can be studied on a voluntary basis:
Fleischer, Wolfgang, Gerhard Helbig & Gotthard Lerchner (eds.) (2001). Kleine Enzyklopädie Deutsche Sprache. Frankfurt/M.: Lang.
7. Contact information
You can contact us during office hours (D.128), by telephone (03/265.42.64 // 03/265.42.63) or by e-mail (tanja.mortelmans@ua.ac.be or tom.smits@ua.ac.be).
(+)last update: 18/05/2011 14:58 tanja.mortelmans
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