Course: Historical Development of German - Seminar 2: Early New High and High German Period

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Course title Historical Development of German - Seminar 2: Early New High and High German Period
Course code KGN/VJS2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
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)
  • Spáčilová Libuše, prof. PhDr. Dr.
Course content
Taking into account the latest research, the seminar focuses on the development of Early New High German at all six levels - graphemic, phonetic-phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical and textual. Selected Early New High German texts of various types present typical linguistic phenomena that are important for students to know (e.g. diphthongisation, monophthongisation, lowering, rounding, unrounding; case levelling and number profiling in nouns; compensation in the stem vowelism of strong verbs in the past tense; expansion of the nominal group, development of verb position and frame formation; borrowings from foreign languages, etc.). These phenomena are identified and described by students.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The seminar offers students the opportunity to engage more intensively and practically with Early New High German (1350-1650). The information outlined in the lecture on the graphemics, phonemics, grammar and lexis of Early New High German is discussed in more detail in the seminar and explained using practical examples from Early New High German texts of various types.
Graduates of this diachronic, practically oriented discipline are able to explain important linguistic phenomena in Early New High German and New High German at all levels of the language. Based on the theoretical knowledge acquired in lectures, they are able to analyse Early New High German texts used in seminars and understand their content.
Prerequisites
Intended primarily for the students of the master study program. Prerequisites: General basic knowledge of German linguistics equivalent to that covered in a bachelor's degree programme and at least a superficial knowledge of the earlier stages of development of the German language - Old and Middle High German.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Active use of theoretical knowledge in the area of the individual stages of German in practical text analyses.
Recommended literature
  • Besch, Werner; Wolf, Norbert Richard. (2009). Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Längsschnitte - Zeitstufen - Linguistische Studien. Berlin.
  • Ernst, Peter. (2005). Deutsche Sprachgeschichte. Wien.
  • König, Werner. (2001). Atlas zur dt. Sprache. München.
  • Masařík, Zdeněk; Brom, Vlastimil. (2005). Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen. Übersichtstabellen - Kommentare - Textproben. Brno.
  • Masařík, Zdeněk. (1994). Historische Entwicklung des Deutschen. Brno.
  • Polenz, Peter von. (1984). Geschichte der dt. Sprache. Berlin, New York.
  • Schmid, Hans Ulrich. (2009). Einführung in die deutsche Sprachgeschichte. Weimar.
  • Schmidt, Wilhelm. (2004). Geschichte der dt. Sprache. Stuttgart.
  • Wolf, Gerhard. (1999). Dt. Sprachgeschichte. Tübigen.


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 Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - 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 (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: -