NJ3DC_1ETY Etymology

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Roland Anton Wagner, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
NJ3DC_1ETY/01: Sat 24. 10. 12:00–13:20 učebna 64, Sat 21. 11. 12:00–13:20 učebna 64, R. Wagner
Prerequisites
successful completion of previous term
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
The course aims at providing the basics of etymology for foreign language teachers, who will gain insights into the variability of form and meaning of words during the course of language development. These insights should prevent the futur teachers from viewing phonological and semantic properties of the foreign language material as natural and unchangeable features and discourage an attitude fixed on formal correctness only. In addition, the ability to handle entymological handbooks is developped.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to derive the phonic structure and (potential) meaning of lexemes on the basis of general phonic laws and semantic shifts. They are able to work effectively with etymological dictionaries and use their knowledge practically in teaching German language.
Syllabus
  • - Definition of "etymology" as a linguistic discipline;
  • - overview on different possibilities of the genesis of words;
  • - the formal side of a lexeme (formativ) and an outline of the most important phonic changes (spontaneous and combinatorial phonic changes, the first shift of consonants, the second shift of consonants, apophonia, vowel fronting);
  • - non-transparent word formation constructions (primary composition, secondary composition, noun derivation, adjective derivation, verb derivation);
  • -semantic changes (meaning expansion, meaning narrowing, making words pejorative, improving of words);
  • - lexical transfere (borrowings and foreign word, Latin and German, French and German, Yiddish and German, Slavonic languages and German, English and German);
  • - the structure of a lexical entry in etymological dictionaries.
Literature
    required literature
  • MEIBAUER, Jörg. Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2002, xi, 268. ISBN 3476018512. info
    not specified
  • Pfeiffer, Wolfgang. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des deutschen. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1989.
  • SCHMIDT, Wilhelm. Geschichte der deutschen Sprache : ein Lehrbuch für das germanistische Studium. Edited by Helmut Langner - Norbert Richard Wolf. 10., verb. und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, 2007, xxi, 489. ISBN 9783777614328. info
  • KLUGE, Friedrich. Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Edited by Elmar Seebold. 24. erw. Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2002, lxxxix, 10. ISBN 3110174723. info
  • SCHWEIKLE, Günther. Germanisch-deutsche Sprachgeschichte im Überblick. 5. Aufl. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2002, xii, 283. ISBN 3476019039. info
  • SCHIPPAN, Thea. Lexikologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1992, x, 306 s. ISBN 3-484-73002-1. info
  • SEEBOLD, Elmar. Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben. Paris: Mouton, 1970, 571 s. info
Teaching methods
Seminar
Assessment methods
regular and active participation in the course, reading of the introductory text Demske (2002), presentation of information gained from searching etymologic dictionaries (colloquy);
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: konzultace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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