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Giving an overview of slavic languages and the relations between them by examining common roots, ancestry, and present situation.

The course is meant to introduce students to the characteristics and particularities of slavic languages with regard to phonology, writing systems, grammar and vocabulary; it gives some further insight into the history of literary language as well as the present language situation. The lecture is further designed to make students familiar with academic research through hands-on practice with a variety of activities such as creating a bibliography, transliteration, and working with reference books.

Lecturer talk / providing historical facts, information on current trends and developments in slavic countries and exercises in different academic research techniques in the field.

Written exam

P. Rehder (Hrsg.), Einführung in die slavischen Sprachen. Darmstadt 1986; N. Franz, Einführung in das Studium der slavischen Philologie. Darmstadt 1994; B. Panzer, Die slavischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte. Frankfurt am Main 1999.