Course: Historical Syntax

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Course title Historical Syntax
Course code KGN/92ASH
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Spáčilová Libuše, prof. PhDr. Dr.
Course content
With respect to the fact that older developmental stages of German are only accessible through written sources, the main focus will be on the methodology and analysis of sources at the syntactic level. In the area of methodology, two kinds of texts will be discussed from the point of view of syntax: Old High German texts translated from Latin and Middle High German poetic texts. The following syntactic phenomena will be treated in detail: 1. Kasussyntax (Genitiv) 2. Kongruenzphänomene 3. Periphrastische Verbformen 4. Die Entwicklung der Verbstellung 5. Die Negation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The doctoral student will gain information about the basic problems of methodology and interpretation of German historical texts at the syntactic level.
the doctoral student will attempt to analyse a text in Early New High German at the syntactic level
Prerequisites
active knowledge of German language at the C2 level (the course is held in German), knowledge of basic terminology from the field of linguistics and knowledge of basic context of the development of German language

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

successful mastering of the required curriculum in the form of a complex exam
Recommended literature
  • ADMONI, Wladimir:. (1990). Historische Syntax des Deutschen.. Tübingen.
  • FLEISCHER, Jürg, SCHALLERT, Oliver. (2011). Historische Syntax des Deutschen.. Tübingen.
  • NÜBLING, Damaris:. (2006). Historische Sprachwissenschaft des Deutschen. Eine Einführung in die Prinzipien des Sprachwandels.. Tübingen.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2021_2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Language (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -