NJII_3238B Trends in Contemporary German

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Iva Zündorf, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 B2.24
Prerequisites
Passed bachelor exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to gain insight into the scope of tendencies in contemporary German, they learn about both language universals and the particular trends in contemporary German and its particular structures. The lecture covers the variety of discourses on this topic with special accent on signals showing overlapping structures of written and spoken language, trends in morphological and syntactic structures (flexion, temporality, word formation, elliptical structures etc.) The seminar student presentations and discussions of the theme this will lead to the acquisition of a more advanced competence in the area of text analysis and linguistic characterology of German.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to apply acquired theoretical knowledge, they will be able to identify and analyze elements that signal tendencies in the development of contemporary written and spoken German language.
Syllabus
  • Language in Change: Tendencies and Trends, language universals
  • forms and varieties of contemporary German
  • spoken and written German
  • Tendencies in noun flexion
  • Trends in verb morphology
  • Functional load of temporal structures
  • Word formation
  • Trends in syntax
  • On the problem of neologisms in the lexical system
  • Gender in German
  • Norm and codex
Literature
    recommended literature
  • STEDJE, Astrid. Deutsche Sprache gestern und heute : Einführung in Sprachgeschichte und Sprachkunde. 5., unveränd. Aufl. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2001, 223 s. ISBN 3770525140. info
  • MASAŘÍK, Zdeněk and Iva ZÜNDORF. Die Entwicklungstendenzen in der deutschen Sprache des 20. Jhs. Opava: Ústav cizích jazyků Filozoficko-přírodovědecké fakulty Slezské univerzity, 1998, 142 s. ISBN 8072480073. info
  • BRAUN, Peter. Tendenzen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache : Sprachvarietäten. 4. Aufl. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1998, 265 s. ISBN 317015415X. info
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Sprachgeschichte vom Spätmittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1994, ix, 498. ISBN 3110134365. info
    not specified
  • Wortbildung heute : Tendenzen und Kontraste in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Edited by Ludwig M. Eichinger - Meike Meliss - María José Domínguez Vázquez. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2008, 356 stran. ISBN 9783823363866. info
  • GLÜCK, Helmut and Wolfgang Werner SAUER. Gegenwartsdeutsch. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1990, xiv, 218. ISBN 3476102521. info
Teaching methods
lecture, presentation, class discussion, reading
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
German
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