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160139 VO Historical Grammar of a further Indo-European Language of Asia - Sogdisch (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
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Details

Language: German, English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 11.10. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 18.10. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 25.10. 12:40 - 14:15 Digital
  • Wednesday 08.11. 12:40 - 14:15 Digital
  • Wednesday 15.11. 12:40 - 14:15 Digital
  • Wednesday 22.11. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 29.11. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 06.12. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 13.12. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 10.01. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 17.01. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
  • Wednesday 24.01. 12:40 - 14:15 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Introduction to the typological features of Middle Iranian Languages;
- Overview of basic Sogdian grammar: its morphology, phonology, syntax; the writing systems employed for this language;
- Training in reading elementary Sogdian texts written in the Sogdian script;

The lecturer will elucidate grammatical features, offering examples from Sogdian sources. Additionally, assistance with transliteration and transcription will be provided until participants can read Sogdian writings independently.

Assessment and permitted materials

Preparation and participation – 30%;
Assignments assigned over the course of the semester and final exam in written format without multiple-choice questions – 70%;

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

No prior background knowledge is required, but basic understanding of historical linguistics is helpful

Examination topics

Topics discussed in class

Reading list

Sims-Williams, N. 1989. Sogdian. Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum, ed. R. Schmitt. 173-192. Wiesbaden.
Yoshida Y. 2009. Sogdian. The Iranian Languages, ed. Windfuhr. 279-335. Routledge.
(Further literature will be announced in class)

Association in the course directory

MA4-WM3.1-1

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