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160089 VO The PIE compound (2008W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musik-, Sprach- und Vergleichende Literaturwisse

Vorbesprechung: FR, 03.10.2008, 10:00 Uhr, Zi Prof. Eichner, Universitäts-Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 13.10. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 20.10. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 27.10. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 03.11. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 10.11. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 17.11. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 24.11. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 01.12. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 15.12. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 12.01. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 19.01. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)
  • Monday 26.01. 11:15 - 12:45 (ehem. Seminarraum 2 Berggasse 11 2.OG)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The class will give an overview over the most important compound types of Proto-Indo-European and their development in the IE languages with an introduction into the basic terminology and problems of compounding. Here we will focus on basic concepts of general linguistics and typology. Students should have basic training in morphology and historical linguistics; basic knowledge of Ancient IE languages such as Latin, Sanskrit and Ancient Greek is helpful but not mandatory.

Assessment and permitted materials

schriftliche Prüfung

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of the class is to make students acquainted with the basic problems of composition in general and specially with the various types of IE compounds.

Examination topics

Lecture with handouts; reference to further literature; in order to get a certificate students will have to pass a written exam on the content of the lecture.

Reading list

Lühr, Rosemarie: "Nominalkomposition im Altindischen und Altgriechischen", in: Komplexe Wortstrukturen. Komposition, Inkorporation, Polysynthese, hg. von E. Nowak, Berlin 2004, 107-214.
Risch, Ernst: Wortbildung der homerischen Sprache. Berlin 1974 (2. Auflage).
Scarlata, Salvatore: Die Wurzelkomposita im Rg-Veda, Wiesbaden 1999.
Schindler, Jochem: "Zu den homerischen rhododaktylos-Komposita", in: o-o-pe-ro-si. Festschrift für Ernst Risch, hc. v. Annemarie Etter, Berlin 1986, 393-401;
Schindler, Jochem: "Zur avestischen Kompositionslehre: a¿.- 'groß'", in: Festschrift for Henry Hoenigswald, ed. by George Cardona, Tübingen 1987, 337-348.
Schindler, Jochem: "Zur internen Syntax der indogermanischen Nominalkomposita", in: Berthold Delbrück y la sintaxis indoeuropea hoy. Actas del Coloquio de la Indogermanische Gesellschaft Madrid, 21-24 de septiembre de 1994, ed. por Emilio Crespo et al., Madrid/Wiesbaden 1997, 537-540.
Wackernagel, Jakob: Altindische Grammatik Bd. II, 1 (Nominalkomposition), Göttingen 1905.

Association in the course directory

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