UzNJII3239 Loanwords and Borrowings in German

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Iva Kratochvílová
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 G21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Abstract: The actual process of borrowing is complex and involves many usage events (i.e. instances of use of the new word). Conventionalization is a gradual process in which a word progressively permeates a larger speech community. As part of it a newly borrowed word may gradually adopt characteristics of the borrowing language. Although loanwords are typically less numerous than the "native" words of most languages they are often widely known and used, since their borrowing served a certain purpose. The lecture covers the variety of discourses on this topic with special accent on functionality of loanwords and xenisms in different text types and communicative situations. Seminars incorporate student presentations and discussions of the theme (esp. contact linguistics). The texts are read/viewed and worksheets completed before the seminars. The course is concluded with an examination At the end of the semester the students will have gained insight into the issue of loanwords, borrowings and xenisms in contemporary language; this will lead to the acquisition of a more advanced competence in the area of text analysis and linguistic characterology of German.
Syllabus
  • Borrowings, loan words and cultural contact; different periods of influence; loanwords and their treatment in the language comunity – historical and contemporary discourse; the problem of language purism; loanwords and linguistics, terminology; criteria of integration – writing, pronunciation, morphology, word formation, syntax; stylistic functions in different text types, xenisms.
Literature
  • Polenz, P. .: Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Bd.III, 9. Auflage. Berlin New York. 1978.
  • Debus, F: Überfremdung der deutschen Sprache? Zur Frage des englischamerikanischen Einflusses. – In: Deutsch als Fremdsprache 38(2001)4/195-204.
  • Carstensen, B. / Busse, U.: Anglizismen- Wörterbuch, Berlin, New York 1993
  • Eisenberg, P.: Grundrisse der deutschen Grammatik. Stuttgartt 1986
  • Kratochvílová, I.: Zur Genuszuordnung englischer Entlehnungen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. In: Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty Brněnské univerzity R 5/2000, S. 67-75.
  • Braun, P. Hrsg.: Fremdwort-Diskussion, Fink-München 19792
  • Kratochvílová, I.: Zur sprachlichen Integration der englischen Entlehnungen im Deutschen im Bereich der Wortbildung. In: Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik. Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty Brněnské univerzity R 6/2001, S. 21-38.
Assessment methods
Exam, Test, written thesis
Language of instruction
German
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