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Students have the ability to reproduce acquired in-depth knowledge in a sub-area of German linguistics and to work on a topic independently and scientifically.

We perceive identity as something relatively stable and individual. Our linguistic origins and our use of language are very important parts of our self-perception as 'coherent'. However, linguistic identity has many facets that can change over the course of our lives: for example, our affiliation to a particular dialect area and to different social groups, our sexual identity, etc.

In this course, we look at the concept of 'linguistic identity' from different linguistic perspectives. We develop a common theoretical and methodological framework so that all participants can work on their own small research question using material they have collected themselves.

Disclaimer: The title is taken from a book title by Richard David Precht but is unrelated to it.

Lecture by the course instructor, group/partner work, preparatory reading and discussion of scientific texts, presentations of the own thesis concept by the course participants.

Presentation, active participation (active participation in the lecture and knowledge of the texts), written proseminar paper (approx. 12 pages)

Literature will be announced in the course.

Mandatory module 1 completed successfully

The course can be chosen for the minor "Language - Space - Society" as well as for the minor "Methods of Empirical Language Data Analysis".