UCJCN093 Tendencies in Contemporary German

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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 offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The lecture is designed as an introduction to a series of topics concerning tendencies and trends in contemporary German language. In so doing, the focus will be on the current development in pronounciation, grammatical forms (morphology), syntax, vocabulary, etc. The goal of the course will be to acquire the linguistic tools needed to study especially the recent history of German. The discussed texts will include authentic examples of contemporary German, their analysis will deepen and extend the knowledge and understanding of contemporary language. The seminars incorporate student presentations and discussions to the topics, characterisations of the texts in relation to the social and cultural enviroment as well as to the text types. Contents: 1. Tendencies in the language changes I 2. Tendencies in the language changes II 3. Situation in the contemporary language I 4. Situation in the contemporary language II
Syllabus
  • Attendance, active participation, homework. There will be a written or oral examination at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Standard and normativity
5. Pronounciation and Writing, New orthographic conventions
6. Morphological reduction
7. Periphrastic forms
8. Word formation
9. Syntactic changes I
10. Syntactic changes II
11. Lexical changes
12. Pragmatic aspect of tendencies
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 1994, Summer 1995, Summer 1996, Summer 1997, Summer 1998, Summer 1999, Summer 2000, Summer 2001, Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2006, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, Summer 2013, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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