NJII_3239 Loanwords and Borrowings in German

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14. 4. to Sun 17. 5. Mon 15:50–17:25 G25, Mon 16. 2. to Sun 12. 4. Mon 15:50–17:25 G25
Prerequisites
Linguistic skills and language competence on Bc-level, recommended to MA students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students get insight into the scope of integration processes of borrowings in the target language. The actual process of borrowing is complex and involves many usage events (i.e. instances of use of the new word). Conventionalization is a gradual process in which a word progressively permeates a larger speech community. As part of it a newly borrowed word may gradually adopt characteristics of the borrowing language. Although loanwords are typically less numerous than the "native" words of most languages they are often widely known and used, since their borrowing served a certain purpose. The lecture covers the variety of discourses on this topic with special accent on functionality of loanwords and xenisms in different text types and communicative situations. Seminars incorporate student presentations and discussions of the theme (esp. contact linguistics). At the end of the semester the students will have gained insight into the issue of loanwords, borrowings and xenisms in contemporary language; this will lead to the acquisition of a more advanced competence in the area of text analysis and linguistic characterology of German.
Syllabus
  • Borrowings, loan words and cultural contact
  • Different periods of influence
  • Loanwords and their acceptance in the language comunity – historical and contemporary discourse
  • On the problem of the language purism
  • Loanwords and linguistics Terminology; criteria of integration
  • Orthography, pronunciation
  • Morphology, word formation
  • Syntax; stylistic functions in different text types
  • Specific integration - xenisms
Literature
    required literature
  • Eisenberg, P.: Grundrisse der deutschen Grammatik. Stuttgartt 1986
  • Braun, P. Hrsg.: Fremdwort-Diskussion, Fink-München 19792
  • Polenz, P. .: Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Bd.III, 9. Auflage. Berlin New York. 1978.
    recommended literature
  • Debus, F: Überfremdung der deutschen Sprache? Zur Frage des englischamerikanischen Einflusses. – In: Deutsch als Fremdsprache 38(2001)4/195-204.
  • Kratochvílová, I.: Zur Genuszuordnung englischer Entlehnungen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. In: Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty Brněnské univerzity R 5/2000, S. 67-75.
  • Carstensen, B. / Busse, U.: Anglizismen- Wörterbuch, Berlin, New York 1993
  • Kratochvílová, I.: Zur sprachlichen Integration der englischen Entlehnungen im Deutschen im Bereich der Wortbildung. In: Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty Brněnské univerzity R 6/2001, S. 21-38.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homeworks
Assessment methods
presentation, written thesis
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: j
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
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