NJII_125B Selected Themes of the Historical Semantics (German)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, 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
each even Wednesday 14:00–15:40 G25
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
On the basis of selected texts - mainly Middle High German, Early New High German - the developement of the word meanings will be discussed. At the end of this course, students should be able to analyse the respective aspects of language change in both historical and contemporary texts.
Learning outcomes
Upon completition of the course, the students will be able to: distinguish and characterise the types of semantic change; interpret older texts with respect to changes of lexical meaning; understand the relations of semantic changes to different linguistic plans and extra-linguistic factors;
Syllabus
  • general introduction
  • semantics, meaning and its description
  • the most important types of the semantic changes
  • motivation of the language change and the change of meaning
  • lexical change - selected types of transfers
  • interpretation of seleted contemporary and historical texts
Literature
  • STEDJE, Astrid. Deutsche Sprache gestern und heute :Einführung in Sprachgeschichte und Sprachkunde. 5., unveränd. Aufl. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2001, 223 s. ISBN 3-7705-2514-0. info
  • Schweikle, Günther: Germanisch deutsche Sprachgeschichte im Überblick. Stuttgart - Weimar 2002.
  • PAUL, Hermann. Deutsches Wörterbuch. Halle a. S.: Max Niemeyer, 1897, vi, 576. info
  • KLUGE, Friedrich, Max BÜRGISSER, Bernd GREGOR and Elmar SEEBOLD. Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 22. Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1989, lxv, 822. ISBN 3110068001. info
  • HOLUB, Josef and František KOPEČNÝ. Etymologický slovník jazyka českého. Třetí, přepracované vyd. V Praze: Státní nakladatelství učebnic, 1952, 575 stran. URL info
  • MACHEK, Václav. Etymologický slovník jazyka českého. 2. opr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1968, 866 s. info
  • Český etymologický slovník. Edited by Jiří Rejzek. Vyd. 1. Voznice: LEDA, 2001, 752 s. ISBN 8085927853. info
  • Moravo, Čechy, radujte se! : němečtí a rakouští básníci v českých zemích za posledních Přemyslovců. Edited by Václav Bok - Jindřich Pokorný, Translated by Antonín Hartl. V Praze: Aula, 1998, 231 s. : i. ISBN 80-901626-9-X. info
  • Rytířské srdce majíce : česká rytířská epika 14. století. Praha: Odeon, 1984. info
  • Česká středověká lyrika. Edited by Jan Lehár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1990, 406 s. ISBN 807021015X. info
Teaching methods
a combination of teacher-led theoretical exposition and student-centered learning activities - oral presentation, discussion of the topical points of text interpretation
Assessment methods
oral speech on the given specialised topic; an elaborated written version of the speech; active seminar work - text interpretation;
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 2019, Spring 2024.
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