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160097 UE Corpus- and Sociolinguistic Problems in Language Revival: (2007W)

the Case of Neo-Cornish

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musik-, Sprach- und Vergleichende Literaturwisse
Continuous assessment of course work

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 02.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 09.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 16.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 23.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 30.10. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 06.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 13.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 20.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 27.11. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 04.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 11.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 18.12. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 08.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 15.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 22.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Tuesday 29.01. 18:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

History of the Cornish language, internal and external factors.
Basic sociolinguistic ideas & terminology required for the topic: language shift, language death etc.
The Cornish Revival: its history and ideological background.
The split of the 1980s: linguistic, socio-cultural and ideological factors in the spelling debate.
Cornish language planning and language politics after the official recognition of the language in 2002.
The official resolution of the debate in 2007 as a case study.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge of the ersatz-religious and political background of popular myths about "the Celts". It will also help them learn about - and come to terms with - the problematic zones of contact their field of study has had with ideological trends of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Examination topics

The course will be held as a mixture of lecture and discussion of the topics at hand.

Reading list

Peter B. Ellis: The Cornish Language and its Literature. Routledge & Kegan Paul 1974. (ders.) The Story of the Cornish Language. Tor Mark Press 1990.
Ken George: Cornish. In: M.Ball (Hrsg.) The Celtic Languages. Routledge 1993.
Joshua A. Fishman (Hrsg.): Reversing language Shift: Theory and Practice of Assistance to Threatened Languages. Clevedon, Multilingual Matters 1991. (ders.) Can threatened Languages Be Saved? Multilingual Matters 2001.
Ute Hirner: Language Death and Revival. A sociolinguistic comparison between Cornish and Welsh. In: CLB (Hrsg.) Cornish Language Studies 1/1999, S. 16-41.
Arjan Hut: The Cornish language in education in the UK. Mercator-Education 2001.
Kenneth MacKinnon: The Cornish Language Report. Sgrùd Research 2000.
Rod Trevelyan Lyon: Cornish. The Struggle for Survival. Taves an Werin 2001.
Peter Pool: The Death of Cornish. CLB 1982.
Derek R. Williams: Prying into every hole and corner. Edward Lhuyd in Cornwall in 1700. Dyllansow Truran 1993.

Association in the course directory

H 143, H 442, 813

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