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141200 SE Selected Topics I (2024W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
We 22.01. 09:45-11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 16.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 23.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 30.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 06.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 13.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 20.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 27.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 04.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 11.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 08.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 15.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Wednesday 29.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content: the following analytic structures will be analysed: future, genitive and comparative and superlatives in Arabic dialects.

Learning objective: being able to recognise, analyse, and describe analytical constructions of Arabic dialects and reading the related scientific literature.

Method: reading scientific literature related to Arabic dialectology and linguistics, active participation during classes through discussions and oral presentations and homeworks.
The classes will give the tools to analyse analytical structures in different varieties of Arabic.

Assessment and permitted materials

- Active participation in class and preparation to the weekly topics and homeworks
- Reading scientific articles and active participation to the discussion
- Preparation of a presentation on a chosen topic (previously to be approved by the lecturer)
- Article (10-15 pages. Deadline: 29th January 2025) written according to the scientific rules.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation in class and weekly homeworks will be taken into account (25%)
Oral presentation on a chosen topic (25%)
Short scientific paper on a selected topic (one of the analytical constructions) (50%)

More than 3 absences are not allowed

100 – 91 = very good ; 79 – 90 = good; 65 - 78 = passing; 51 - 64 = sufficient; < 50 = not sufficient

Examination topics

There is no final exam.

Reading list

FUTURE:
- Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca. 1994. The Evolution of Grammar. Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World. The university of Chicago Press.
- Cohen, Marcel. 1924. Le système verbal sémitique et l'expression du temps. Gallica (bnf.fr).
- Eisele, John C. 1999. Arabic verbs in time: tense and aspect in Cairene Arabic, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- Fleischman, Suzanne. 1982. The future in thought and language. Diachronic evidence from Romance. (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 36.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Association in the course directory

AS-3, WM-23

Last modified: Th 03.10.2024 14:26