Universität Wien

090090 VO Standard Modern Greek: a linguistic outline (2023S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

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Language: German, English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Tuesday 07.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 14.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 21.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 28.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 18.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 25.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 02.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 09.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 16.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 23.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 06.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 13.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Tuesday 20.06. 16:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The course offers a systematic analysis of the grammatical structure of Standard Modern Greek (SMG). At the same time, the course constitutes a “gentle introduction” into basic linguistic terms and synchronic descriptive/typological approaches for those with little or no backround in linguistics.

The course main topics include the phonological and morphological system of SMG, morphosyntactic features (pre-verbal particles, finite complementation, “free” word order and information structure, compounding) and the lexicon. In addition, we will examine digital tools for compiling and exploring SMG corpora. Guest lecturers will also present their own work on SMG linguistic research.

Assessment and permitted materials


Final “take-home” and “open-book” exam (for instance in the form of a multiple choice quiz and/or short expository essays etc.)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

No previous knowledge of Modern Greek is required. Familiarity with the Modern Greek alphabet is desired but similarly no prerequisite. Knowledge of basic grammatical terms is presupposed.

English and German are the working languages of the course, therefore average knowledge of both is a must. PPT-slides will be in English. Lectures will be held in English and/or German according to the course participants requirements.

Basic grammatical/linguistic terms will be clarified in both languages.

Grading key: 55-65% = 4, 65-75% = 3, 76-89% = 2, 90-100% = 1

Examination topics

All topics dealt in the lectures, course notices uploaded on Moodle, excerpts from selected works or papers.

Reading list

Modern Greek Language and Grammar:

Browning, R. 1983. Medieval and Modern Greek. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511554148
Holton, David, Peter Mackridge and Irene Philippaki-Warburton. 2012. Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar. 2nd ed. revised by Vassilios Spyropoulos. London and New York: Routledge.
Mackridge, P. 1985. The modern Greek language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ruge, Hans. 2020. Grammatik des Νeugriechischen. Lautlehre, Formenlehre, Syntax. Berlin: Edition Romiosini. Auch online verfügbar.

Additional readings/introductions to linguistics (for English and German terminology definitions):

Auer, Peter (Hg.). 2013. Sprachwissenschaft. Grammatik - Interaktion - Kognition. Stuttgart: Metzler.
Fromkin, A.V., R. Rodman & N. Hyams. 2014. An Introduction to Language. Harcourt Brace College Publishers. (10th ed.)
Yule, George. 2020. The study of language. Cambridge: CUP (7th ed.)

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