GERMAN LANGUAGE I
LINGUA TEDESCA I
The German languages: A sociolinguistic and morphological outline
Il tedesco: profilo sociolinguistico e morfologico
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2021/2022 | 9 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Claus Ehrhardt | to be defined |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims at a general description of the most salient features of German on the levels of sociolinguistics, phonology and morphology. The lessons will focus at the beginning on national varieties og German, the differences between them and their importance for the constitution of natioanl identies of the german speking populations. The second important topic will be internal variation of German in Germany. In the second part the lessons will deal with the morphological features of German, in particular the categories of words, the formation of words and flection.
Program
1. Introduction to the course and the program
2. Where is german spoken and who speaks German?
3. What is German?
4. What is correct German?
5. Why do we frequently speag about "German Languages" in the plural?
6. Which relevance does German language have for Germans?
7. How does German develop?
8. Which relevance does German have compared to other languages?
9. "Deutsche Spreche, schwere Spreche": Is German difficult?
10. Why are German words so long?
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lessons and linguistic exercises.
- Course books
Di Meola, C., La lingua tedesca. Un'introduzione con esercizi e bibliografia ragionata, Bulzoni editore, Roma 2014, capp. 0,1, 2.
Thuene, E., Elter,I., Leonardi, S., Le lingue tedesche: per una descrizione sociolinguistica, B.A. Graphis, Bari 2005.
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