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160102 VO Sound Change (2007W)

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

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 09.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 16.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 23.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 30.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 06.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 13.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 20.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 27.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 04.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 11.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 18.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 08.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 15.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 22.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG
  • Tuesday 29.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal Berggasse 11 EG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Like syntax for the theory of grammar, sound change is the showhorse for theories of language change. Above all, however, sound change is the most important heuristic ingredient of etymology, dialectology and language history in general. Considerate knowledge of the forms and types of sound change is therefore indispensable not only for language historians, but part and parcel of general liguistic education.
In this lecture, the phenomena of sound change will be examined from all sides: the phonetic basis of articulation and perception, the socially controlled selection of normative variants, the interaction of prosodic and segmental processes, to name just a few. Special regard will be payed to the relevance of the theory of sound change for general explanatory frameworks in the study of language change.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The aim of this lecture is to enhance students' apprehension of historical processes and patterns of change towards a multimodal understanding of language history.

Examination topics

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966; entry into force 23 March 1976, in accordance with Article 49:
Article 27. In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.

Reading list

Brian D. Joseph/Richard D. Janda (eds.), The Handbook of Historical Linguistics. Oxford, Blackwell, 2003 (Part III: Phonological Change, pp. 311-422).

Association in the course directory

H133, 803, 209

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