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. 

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? 

a) Knowledge and understanding: Students learn the basic concepts of sociolinguistics (including language policy), phonology, morphology and will be able to use these concepts in order to describe and analyse German. They will have general knowledge about the sociolinguistic situation of German and the most imprtant linguistic varieties of the language.  

b) Applying knowledge and understanding: They can apply the acquired concepts to the description and analysis of the sociolinguistic situation of German and its varieties and can describe the specific features of the German language on a phonological and morphological level.

c) Making judgements: Students can judge the correctness and appropriateness of utterances in German. They can judge measures and interventions of a political nature on language, in particular in German. 

d) Comunication skills: Students can communicate in German at a beginnerßs/medium level.

e) Learning skills: Students acquire the basic tools and concepts for the study of the German language.

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

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. 

In alternativa, in lingua tedesca:

Neuland, Eva Soziolinguistik der deutschen Sprache. Narr, Tübingen 2023.

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. 

In alternativa, in lingua tedesca:

Neuland, Eva Soziolinguistik der deutschen Sprache. Narr, Tübingen 2023.

Assessment

Oral exam. 

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.