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160223 VO Introduction to Indo-European (2010S)

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

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 04.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 11.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 18.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 25.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 15.04. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 22.04. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 29.04. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 06.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 20.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 27.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 10.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 17.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8
  • Thursday 24.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hörsaal 21 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Overview ot the history and development of the Indo-European languages.
Outline of the main features of the branches of Indo-European (Anatolian, Tocharian, Indic, Iranian, Albanian, Armenian, Greek, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic).
Method of comparative grammar and etymology.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination at the end of term.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For students of Indo-European linguistics: Preparation for advanced and specialised courses in particular Indo-European languages and main topics of Indo-European grammar.
For students of other fields: Assessment of historical pivots in linguistic study and methodological principles of comparative linguistics.

Examination topics

Structured presentation with multimedial components.

Reading list

Michael Meier-Brügger, Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2000 (überarbeitete Neuauflage:2002).

Eva Tichy, A Survey of Proto-Indo-European, Bremen, Hempen 2006

Benjamin W. Fortson IV., Indo-European Language and Culture. An Introduction. 2nd Edition. Malden/Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

J.P.Mallory/Douglas Q. Adams, The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.

Hale Mark, Historical liguistics: theory and method. Malden, MA, Blackwell 2007.

Association in the course directory

Code alter Studienplan: 107

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