NJII_24A Historical Development od German

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 13:00–13:50 C33
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
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Course objectives
The phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical changes between the Old-, Middle- and Early New High German are presented. Some questions of pragmatics and extra linguistic aspects are also discussed in relevant contexts as well as the context of social history and the main topics of literary history or general text production of the respective periods.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course the students willl be able to outline the most characteristic tendencies in the development of German especially between the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period; identify and use relevant handbooks, dictionaries or lexica for working with texts originating in the respecitve periods; identify and characterise the epochs of German; analyse selected medieval and early modern German texts while respecting the specificities in form and meaning.
Syllabus
  • Language development between Old High German and Middle High German (phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Lexicology ...)
  • Language development between Middle High German and Early New High German(phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Lexicology ...)
  • Establishing of New High German as a (relatively uniform) literary language
  • German as a pluricentric language
  • Relations of German to other languages
  • political, social, cultural aspects of language history
Literature
    recommended literature
  • STANOVSKÁ, Sylvie. Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen mit ausgewählten literarischen Texten (Historic Development of German Language with Selected Literary Texts). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 196 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6898-8. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • dtv Atlas Deutsche Sprache: 12. Aufl. 1998. ISBN: 3-423-03025-9
  • Minnesang: Mittelhochdtsch. Texte m. Übertr. u. Anm.. Hrsg. u. übertr. v. Brackert, Helmuth. Fischer Taschenbuch. Frankfurt 1993. ISBN: 3-596-26485-5
  • 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
  • BERGMANN, Rolf. Alt- und Mittelhochdeutsch. 4. vyd. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck+Ruprecht, 1993, 259 s. ISBN 3-525-20783-2. info
  • MASAŘÍK, Zdeněk. Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 165 s. ISBN 8021000457. 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
Teaching methods
The lectures provides the students with the overview of the language development from Middle High German to New High German. In the seminar work the students are practicing the theoretical information in the language analyses of Middle High German and Early New High German texts with main focus on phonematic and morphology and syntax specificities.
Assessment methods
written final test (terminology, phonology and morphology developments MHG - NHG, analysis of a short MHG text) oral exam (discussion of selected aspects of language development, a philological analysis)
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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