UzNJII_22 Historical development of German language I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Masařík, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UzNJII_22/01: Mon 10:00–10:45 N41, V. Brom
UzNJII_22/02: Mon 11:40–12:25 G22, V. Brom
UzNJII_22/03: Mon 12:30–13:15 G22, V. Brom
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course the students will have an overview of the most characteristic tendencies in the early development of German and its predecessors. The most important changes in phonology and morphology as well as other aspects are thematised; the course covers the period from the Proto-Indo-European to Old-High-German.
Syllabus
  • languages in general, language development;
  • classification of languages
  • main characteristics of the historical language-phases:
  • Proto-Indo-European
  • Germanic Languages
  • Old-High-German
Literature
  • dtv Atlas Deutsche Sprache: 12. Aufl. 1998. ISBN: 3-423-03025-9
  • BERGMANN, Rolf. Alt- und Mittelhochdeutsch. 4. vyd. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck+Ruprecht, 1993, 259 s. ISBN 3-525-20783-2. info
  • Geschichte der deutschen Sprache : mit Texten und Übersetzungshilfen. Edited by Wilhelm Schmidt. 2. Aufl. Berlin: Volk und Wissen Volkseigener Verlag, 1970, 428 s. info
  • Althochdeutsche Literatur. Ausgewählte Texte mit Übertragungen. Fischer Verlag: Frankfurt am Main 1970
  • MASAŘÍK, Zdeněk. Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 165 s. ISBN 8021000457. info
  • MASAŘÍK, Zdeněk and Vlastimil BROM. Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen: Übersichtstabellen - Kommentare - Textproben (Historical Development of German - Tables - Comments - Texts). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2005, 129 pp. 1. Vyd. ISBN 80-210-3696-6. info
Teaching methods
The lecture exposition provides the students with the basic overview of the diachronic linguistics, its aims, methodology and terminology; the language development from Indo-European to Old High German is presented. In the seminar work the students are practicing the theoretical information in the language analyses of Old High German texts with main focus on phonematic and morphology specificities.
Assessment methods
final written test (terminology of diachronic linguistics, an overview of the language development Indo-European - Old High German, a phonematic and morphematic analysis of a short Old High German text)
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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