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160100 VO Lecture on Typology and Comparative Theory of Grammar (2012S)
Einführung in die Sprachkontaktforschung
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Language: German
Examination dates
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- Wednesday 07.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 14.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 21.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 28.03. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 18.04. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 25.04. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 02.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 09.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 16.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 23.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 30.05. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 06.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 13.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 20.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
- Wednesday 27.06. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 Sensengasse 3a 5.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
An overview of language contact phenomena and the methods of their study is presented. Lexical borrowing and typological factors influencing interlingual transfer will be the main topics. Further specialization will depend on the capacities and interests of participants.
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam at the end of the term
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Primary goal: Language contact as one of the main factors of language change and language evolution will be presented, with special regard to ist effects on all levels of linguistic structure, above all the lexicon. Regional surveys will outline the relevance of contact linguistics to the methodology of historical linguistics.
Secondary goals:
Cultural, social and political scenarios as a trigger of language contact
Multiethnicity and plurilingualism
Language contact and areal typology
Anachronic transfer (learned vocabulary and vocabulary of languages for special purposes)
Language mixing (Pidgin and Creole languages)
Secondary goals:
Cultural, social and political scenarios as a trigger of language contact
Multiethnicity and plurilingualism
Language contact and areal typology
Anachronic transfer (learned vocabulary and vocabulary of languages for special purposes)
Language mixing (Pidgin and Creole languages)
Examination topics
Oral presentation accompanied by spreadsheets and e-learning devices
Reading list
Zur vorbereitenden und begleitenden Lektüre werden folgende Werke empfohlen:
Sarah Grey Thomason, Language Contact. An Introduction. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2001.
Claudia Maria Riehl, Sprachkontaktforschung. Eine Einführung. Tübingen, Narr, 2. Auflage, 2009.
Spezialliteratur wird im Lauf der Lehrveranstaltung in Form von bibliographischen Listen angegeben. Empfehlungen zur begleitenden Lektüre werden während der Lehrveranstaltung in elektronischer Form erteilt.
Sarah Grey Thomason, Language Contact. An Introduction. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2001.
Claudia Maria Riehl, Sprachkontaktforschung. Eine Einführung. Tübingen, Narr, 2. Auflage, 2009.
Spezialliteratur wird im Lauf der Lehrveranstaltung in Form von bibliographischen Listen angegeben. Empfehlungen zur begleitenden Lektüre werden während der Lehrveranstaltung in elektronischer Form erteilt.
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