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160138 PS Proseminar to the Historical Grammar of Greek (2024W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Th 23.01. 16:45-18:15 Ort in u:find Details

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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

DO wtl. von 10.10.2024 bis 30.01.2025, 16.45-18.15. Ort: Bibliotheksraum 2 d. Inst. f. Klass. Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein - Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

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  • Thursday 30.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Ort in u:find Details

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The proseminar aims at building a critical knowledge of the history of the ancient Greek language from Linear B texts to the Classical period. We will discuss the historical circumstances of our earliest sources for the Greek language, especially poetry, and how they affect linguistic study; key aspects of Greek dialectology and of Greek historical phonology and morphology; the language of Homer. Students will be expected to do some reading ahead of the sessions (normally 20 to 40 pages).

Assessment and permitted materials

Depending on the overall number of participants, each student will give one or two short oral presentations either on a text or on a specific problem (further details and options will be discussed in class). This is in addition to the final written examination consisting of a historico-linguistic commentary of small portion of Homeric text. Aids to be used will vary depending on the student's background knowledge of Greek.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

60% of the maximum mark is enough for a positive assessment. The oral presentations must show critical thinking. The fostering of a collegial atmosphere in the seminar is encouraged and valued. The final assessment will take into account the background knowledge at the beginning of the Proseminar.

Examination topics

Topics of the sessions.

Reading list

General reference material:

Chs. 39–45 in J. Klein, B. Joseph, M. Fritz (eds.) Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, Berlin: De Gruyter. [available online on u:search]
S. Colvin, A Historical Greek Reader, Oxford 2007. [available online on u:search]
H. Rix, Historische Grammatik des Griechischen, Laut- und Formenlehre, 2nd. ed. Darmstadt 1992.
M. Meier-Brügger, Griechische Sprachwissenschaft, 2 vols., Berlin: De Gruyter 1992. [available online on u:search]
R. Schmitt, Einführung in die griechischen Dialekte, Darmstadt 1977.
E. Bakker (ed.). A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language. Wiley-Blackwell 2010.
A. Willi, Origins of the Greek Verb, Cambridge 2018.[available online on u:search]
R. Wachter, Grammar of Homeric Greek, Grammar of Homeric Greek (G), in J. Latacz et al., Homer's Iliad. The Basel Commentary. Prolegomena, Berlin, 2015, 65-115. [available online on u:search; an earlier German version (2000) is also available]

Weekly readings and texts will be provided during the sessions.

Association in the course directory

MA4-WM2.1-2

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