LFU:online

Insight into the interaction of perception and language, into the interrelation between social and linguistic change, and into the differences between scientifically based and ideologically based argumentation

Linguistic fundamentals of traditional and present-day gender-discourse; contrastive analysis of the ways languages indicate gender (seen from a grammatical and a pragmatic perspective); diachronic aspects of marking gender. Relevance of these questions for the translator.

Analysis of gender-relevant morphological and lexical structures; joint reading of publications that had notable influence on the gender-discourse.

1) presentation about joint reading

2) presentation

3) seminar paper

4) participation

Ingrid Samel (2009): Einführung in die feministische Sprachwissenschaft. 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag.

Before completing the entrance and orientation phase of studies (StEOP), students may enrol for courses comprising a maximum of 22 ECTS.

online application necessary;

beginning: at the beginning of the Semester