NJII_3238 Trends in Contemporary German

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Iva Kratochvílová
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 Tuesday 12:30–14:05 J21
Prerequisites
linguistic knowledge - Bc. level
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
The lecture is designed as an introduction to a series of topics concerning tendencies and trends in contemporary German language. In so doing, the focus will be on the current development in pronounciation, grammatical forms (morphology), syntax, vocabulary. etc. The goal of the course will be to acquire the linguistic tools needed to study especially the recent history of German. The texts which will be discussed will include authentic examples of contemporary German, their analysis will deepen and extend the knowledge and understanding of contemporary language. The seminars incorporate student presentations and discussions of the themes, the characterisations of the texts in relation to the social and cultural enviroment as well as to the type of the text.
Syllabus
  • Tendencies of language change
  • Situation in the second half of the 20thcentury
  • Pronounciation
  • Morphological reduction and periphrastic forms
  • Syntactic changes
  • Lexical changes and pragmatic aspect of tendencies
  • New orthographic conventions;standard and normativity
Literature
  • Polenz, P.: Deutsche Sprachgeschichte, Bd.III, 19. und 20.Jh. Berlin: de Gruyter 1999.
  • Eichhoff-Cyrus, K.M., Hober, R. (Hrsg.): Die deutsche Sprache zur Jahrtausendwende –
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Sprachgeschichte vom Spätmittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. 2., überarbeitete und erg. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2000, xi, 385. ISBN 3110164787. info
  • Metzler Lexikon Sprache. Edited by Helmut Glück. 2., überarb. und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2000, xxviii, 81. ISBN 3-476-01519-X. info
  • MASAŘÍK, Zdeněk and Iva ZÜNDORF. Die Entwicklungstendenzen in der deutschen Sprache des 20. Jhs. Opava: Ústav cizích jazyků Filozoficko-přírodovědecké fakulty Slezské univerzity, 1998, 142 s. ISBN 8072480073. info
  • GLÜCK, Helmut and Wolfgang Werner SAUER. Gegenwartsdeutsch. 2., überarb. und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 1997, xv, 199 s. ISBN 3-476-12252-2. info
  • BRAUN, Peter. Tendenzen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1979, 184 s. ISBN 3-17-005222-5. info
Teaching methods
lectures,class discussion,homeworks
Assessment methods
class discussions, presentation of own project,fullfilling requirements
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on course enrolment limitations: j
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019.
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