NJII_3239B Loanwords and Borrowings in German

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
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
Prerequisites
Linguistic skills and language competence on Bc-level, recommended to MA students
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to get insight into the scope of integration processes of borrowings in the target language. 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).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students get insight into the scope of integration processes of borrowings in the target language. 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). 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 acceptance in the language comunity – historical and contemporary discourse
  • On the problem of the language purism
  • Loanwords and linguistics Terminology; criteria of integration
  • Orthography, pronunciation
  • Morphology, word formation;
  • Syntax; stylistic functions in different text types
  • Specific integration - xenisms
Literature
    required literature
  • Polenz, P. .: Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Bd.III, 9. Auflage. Berlin New York. 1978.
  • Eisenberg, P.: Grundrisse der deutschen Grammatik. Stuttgartt 1986
    recommended literature
  • 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.
  • Carstensen, B. / Busse, U.: Anglizismen- Wörterbuch, Berlin, New York 1993
  • 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.
  • Debus, F: Überfremdung der deutschen Sprache? Zur Frage des englischamerikanischen Einflusses. – In: Deutsch als Fremdsprache 38(2001)4/195-204.
  • Braun, P. Hrsg.: Fremdwort-Diskussion, Fink-München 19792
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homework
Assessment methods
presentation, written thesis
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: j
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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