608102 VO Survey of German Linguistics

winter semester 2019/2020 | Last update: 12.12.2019 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of German Studies

Instructor:

Klaus Peter

Course number:

608102

Title:

VO Survey of German Linguistics

Type/hours:

VO 2

ECTS credits:

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

Students can outline the discipline and its parts and explain its topics.

Contents:

The course introduces central parts of German Linguistics by presenting the most important questions and problems, concepts and results. Its systemic character as well as its use are in focus: We examine the signesque of language (Semiotics), its sounds (Phonetics/Phonology, Graphematics), (parts of) words (Morphology, word formation), meaning (Semantics) and its usage in conversation (Pragmatics).

Methods:

lecture

Assessment:

exam

Literature:

Busch, Albert/Stenschke, Oliver (2018): Germanistische Linguistik. Eine Einführung. 4., aktualisierte Aufl. Tübingen: Narr.

Further literature will be announced during the course.

Prerequisites:

None.

Remarks:

Studies Induction and Orientation Period

OLAT: