NJ_G800 Historical Development of German

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 for the colloquium). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Alena Kovářová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NJ_G800/Kombi02: Fri 21. 9. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 12. 10. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 26. 10. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 9. 11. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 23. 11. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, Fri 7. 12. 16:00–16:50 učebna 63, A. Kovářová
NJ_G800/Prez01: Wed 14:00–14:50 učebna 65, A. Kovářová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of tuition students have extensive knowledge about phonetics and morphology of German language from the diachronic point of view. Students are able to classify historical texts into particular development stages according to their characteristic phonic and morphological features. Students are able to explain irregularities in phonetics and morphology of current German on basis of gained knowledge of historical language development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of tuition students have knowledge about territorial and time classification of German. They are able to match particular development stages of German language with the most important phonic and morphological features.
Syllabus
  • Development of consonants from old German language till today. Development of German declination. Development of conjugation of German verbs. Creation of middle-upper-German equivalents to selected middle-upper-German forms. Creation of early-new-upper-German equivalents to selected middle-upper-German forms. Significant literary works of each development period of German language.
Literature
    required literature
  • MUZIKANT, Mojmír. Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Sprache für Lehramtsstudenten Deutsch als Fremdsprache. první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 150 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5401-1. info
    recommended literature
  • MASAŘÍK, Zdeněk and Vlastimil BROM. Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen : Übersichtstabellen - Kommentare - Textproben. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2005, 128 s. ISBN 8021036966. info
  • STEDJE, Astrid. Deutsche Sprache gestern und heute : Einführung in Sprachgeschichte und Sprachkunde. 6. Aufl. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink, 2007, 277 s. ISBN 9783825214999. info
  • SCHMIDT, Wilhelm. Geschichte der deutschen Sprache : ein Lehrbuch für das germanistische Studium. Edited by Helmut Langner - Norbert Richard Wolf. 10., verb. und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, 2007, xxi, 489. ISBN 9783777614328. info
Teaching methods
Seminar, class discussion
Assessment methods
Credit: discussion on selected topics. Colloquium: discussion on selected topics. Seminary work - description of each development period of German language.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kombinované studium má výuku v pátek, prezenční od pondělí do čtvrtka..
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 6 hodin v kombinované formě.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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