UCJNNK14 Word and Lexis

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/6/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – 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
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
The course will give students an insight into the scope of integration processes of borrowings in German. The actual process of borrowing is complex and involves many usage events (i.e. instances of use of the new word). Conventionalization is a gradual process in which a word progressively permeates a larger speech community. As part of it a newly borrowed word may gradually adopt characteristics of the borrowing language. Although loanwords are typically less numerous than the native words of most languages they are often widely known and used, since their borrowing served a certain purpose. The lecture covers the variety of discourses on this topic with special focus on functionality of loanwords and xenisms in different text types and communicative situations. Seminars incorporate student presentations and discussions of the topic (esp. contact linguistics). At the end of the semester the students will have achieved an advanced competence in the area of text analysis and linguistic characterology of German.
Syllabus
  • 1. Borrowings, loan words and cultural contact
    2. Different periods of influence, historical and contemporary discourse
    3. Loanwords and their acceptance in the language comunity - On the problem of language purism
    4. Loanwords and linguistics
    5. Terminology
    6. Criteria of integration
    7. English loanwords in German
    8. Orthography, pronunciation
    9. Morphology
    10. Word formation
    11. Syntax
    12. Stylistic functions
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
80% of active participation in the seminars
Individual project and its presentation
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2015.
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