Course: German Philology - Linguistic Seminar

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Course title German Philology - Linguistic Seminar
Course code KGN/LGS04
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Opletalová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kij Jan, Mgr.
Course content
The goal of the seminar is to familiarize participants with German idioms and to focus on the following topics: Subject of phraseology Phraseologism - Definition Characteristics of a Phraseme Phraseology Paradigmatic relations in the phraseological lexicon Phraseological subject groups Collocations Noun-verb collocations

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
  • Semestral Work - 22 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to get acquainted with the phraseology of the German language and to focus on the following topics: Definition of a phrase and its characteristic features (polylexicality, stability, idiomaticity) - Classification of phrases - Paradigmatic semantic relations in phraseology (synonymy, antonymy, phraseological series, phraseological subject groups, phraseological fields) - Contrastive phraseology - Use of phrases in text (text-forming, stylistic and pragmatic functions of phrases). Furthermore, the aim is to get acquainted with the secondary literature and study one specialist topic, then present this in a seminar, as well as to master the use of phrases in selected types of texts of a certain field of communication (common, everyday communication, fiction, mass media or professional communication).
Comprehensive overview of the basic types of German idioms, practical knowledge of about 200 phraseological units.
Prerequisites
Intended for second-year students of German philology and German for translation and interpreting - Bachelor's degree, but also for other interested students.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Active participation in the seminars (80%), Completion of all assignments, partial homework + a paper on the assigned topic The seminar ends with a credit test verifying the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired by the students (practical use of phrases and their classification).
Recommended literature
  • Burger, Harald, Dobrovol´skij, Dmitrij, Kühn, Peter and Neal R. Norrick (eds.). (2007). Phraseologie. Ein internationales Handbuch der zeitgenössischen Forschung. 1. Halbband. Berlin/New York.
  • Burger, Harald. (2010). Phraseologie. Eine Einführung am Beispiel des Deutschen.. Berlin.
  • Dudenredaktion. (2005). DUDEN. Die Grammatik. Mannheim.
  • Fleischer, Wolfgang. (1997). Phraseologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2022) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019_24) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -