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132021 VO Methodological issues on proto-languages (with focus on Proto-Uralic) (2022S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
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Update 11.05.2022: Die Unterrichtsenheit am 11.05.2022 findet digital statt.
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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 09.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 16.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 23.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 30.03. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 06.04. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 27.04. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 04.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 11.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Digital
  • Wednesday 18.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 25.05. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 01.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 08.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 15.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01
  • Wednesday 22.06. 12:00 - 13:30 Hybride Lehre
    Hörsaal 1 Inst. f. Finno-Ugristik, UniCampus Hof 7 2L-O1-01

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this course is to introduce the students to specific problems in historical-comparative linguistics, especially to problems involving the study of reconstructed proto-languages.

The course includes discussions of such as topics as realism and proto-languages; proto-languages and problems with reconstructing dialectal differences; challenges in the reconstruction of lexicon, phonology (”proto-phonetics”) and morphology; proto-language and proto-culture; loanword studies involving reconstructed languages.

The course is primarily intended for students of Finno-Ugric linguistics and most of the examples and case studies will involve Proto-Uralic/Proto-Finno-Ugric, but students studying other languages are also welcome. Basic knowledge of historical-comparative linguistics is required, and knowledge of Finno-Ugric languages is an advantage.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam (if desired or necessary online) over the subject matters covered in the semester.

No special tools are allowed during the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students are expected to grasp the content of the research presented in the course.

Minimum requirement: 50% of the maximum number of points at the exam.
Assessment criteria:
90-100% = Sehr gut
75% = Gut
60% = Befriedigend
50% = Genügend

Examination topics

The content of the lectures. (The slides will be uploaded to Moodle.)

Reading list

Course materials and supplementary literature will be put at students’ disposal via Moodle.

The following works are recommended as additional literature:

Abondolo, Daniel 1998: The Uralic languages. London and New York: Routledge.

Clackson, James 2007: Indo-European linguistics: An introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Fox, Anthony 1995: Linguistic reconstruction: An introduction to theory and method. Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press.
Häkkinen, Kaisa 1984: Wäre es schon an der Zeit, den Stammbaum zu fällen? – Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher, Neue Folge 4. 1–24.

Janhunen, Juha 1981: On the structure of Proto-Uralic. – Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 44. 23–42.

Koivulehto, Jorma 1991: Uralische Evidenz für die Laryngaltheorie. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Koivulehto, Jorma 1994: Indogermanisch-Uralisch: Lehnbeziehungen oder (auch) Urverwandtschaft? – R. Sternemann (ed.), Bopp-Symposium 1992 der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Heidelberg: Winter. 133–148.

Rédei, Károly 1975: Wortbildung in der PU/PFU Grundsprache. – Nyelvtudományi közlemények 77. 93–102.

Salminen, Tapani 2002: Problems in the taxonomy of the Uralic languages in the light of modern comparative studies. – Лингвистический беспредел: сборник статей к 70-летию А. И. Кузнецовой. Москва: Издательство Московского университета. 44–55.

Sammallahti, Pekka 1988: Historical phonology of the Uralic languages, with special reference to Samoyed, Ugric, and Permic. – Denis Sinor (ed.), The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences Leiden: Brill. 478–554.

Association in the course directory

MAHF01, MAHF04b, BFe 562, BHu 602, BAHF 610, BAHU 520, MFi 500, MFi 600
Skandinavistik/EC: SKE110, SKE210

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