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160133 PS Introduction to the study of language contact phenomena (2009S)
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Language: German
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- Wednesday 04.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 11.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 18.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 25.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 01.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 22.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 29.04. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 06.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 13.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 20.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 27.05. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 03.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 10.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 17.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
- Wednesday 24.06. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum A Berggasse 11 2.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
An overview of language contact phenomena and the methods of their study is presented. Lexical borrowing and typological factors influencing interlingual transfer will be the main topics. Further specialization will depend on the capacities and interests of participants.
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral presentation or paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Primary goal:
Language contact as one of the main factors of language change and language evolution will be presented, with special regard to ist effects on all levels of linguistic structure, above all the lexicon. Regional surveys worked out in small workgroups will outline the relevance of contact linguistics to the methodology of historical linguistics.
Secondary goals:
Cultural, social and political scenarios as a trigger of language contact
Multiethnicity and plurilingualism
Language contact and areal typology
Anachronic transfer (learned vocabulary and vocabulary of languages for special purposes)
Language mixing (Pidgin and Creole languages)
Language contact as one of the main factors of language change and language evolution will be presented, with special regard to ist effects on all levels of linguistic structure, above all the lexicon. Regional surveys worked out in small workgroups will outline the relevance of contact linguistics to the methodology of historical linguistics.
Secondary goals:
Cultural, social and political scenarios as a trigger of language contact
Multiethnicity and plurilingualism
Language contact and areal typology
Anachronic transfer (learned vocabulary and vocabulary of languages for special purposes)
Language mixing (Pidgin and Creole languages)
Examination topics
During the frist part oral presentation, enhanced with multimedial equipment (data projector, e-learning platform "Fronter"); during the second part oral presentations by student participants.
Reading list
Zur vorbereitenden und begleitenden Lektüre werden folgende Werke empfohlen:
Sarah Grey Thomason, Language Contact. An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press, 2001.
Johannes Bechert/Wolfgang Wildgen, Einführung in die Sprachkontaktforschung. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1991.
Spezialliteratur wird im Lauf der Lehrveranstaltung in Form von bibliographischen Listen angegeben.
Sarah Grey Thomason, Language Contact. An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press, 2001.
Johannes Bechert/Wolfgang Wildgen, Einführung in die Sprachkontaktforschung. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1991.
Spezialliteratur wird im Lauf der Lehrveranstaltung in Form von bibliographischen Listen angegeben.
Association in the course directory
Code alter Studienplan: 811
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