UBKCJLNP25 Lectures in comparative and historical linguistics in German

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Soňa Schneiderová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Miloslav Vondráček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Bc. Roman Sukač, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lectures is to provide students with the basic information from the comparative and historical linguistics with respect to the German linguistic terminology. The lectures are in German.
Learning outcomes
Student is able to: - understand the relation of languages in the Indo-European language family - understand the sound, morphological and semantic changes - use the comparative method and the method of internal reconstruction
Syllabus
  • 1. The language families of the world 2. The Indo-European family 3. Typology and universals 4. Language change 5. Sound changes: typology 6. Morphological changes 7. Semantic changes 8. Syntactic changes 9. Analogy – typology and tendencies 10. Comparative method: establishing linguistic relationship 11. Comparative reconstruction 12. Internal reconstruction 13. Reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European
Literature
    required literature
  • Bergmann, Rolf / Schlaefer, Michael (1991). Einführung in die deutsche Sprachwissenschaft. Heidelberg. info
  • SZEMERÉNYI, O. Einführung in die vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft. WBG, 2009. info
  • VOLMERT, J. Grundkurs Sprachwissenschaft. Eine Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft für Lehramtsstudiengänge. UTB, Stuttgart, 2005. info
    recommended literature
  • Ernst, Peter (2004):. Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft. Wien: Facultas. info
  • BUSSMANN, H.; LAUFFERT, H. Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. Alfred Kröner Verlag, 2008. info
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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