Universität Wien

160107 VO Introduction to Indo-European Studies (2015S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 02.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 09.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 16.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 23.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 13.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 20.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 27.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 04.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 11.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 18.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 01.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 08.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 15.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß
  • Monday 22.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal III NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Overview of the history and development of the Indo-European languages.
Outline of the main featuresof the branches of Indo-European (Anatolian, Tocharian, Indic, Iranian, Albanian, Armenian, Greek, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic).
Method of comparative grammar and etymology.

LV-Ziele (Unterrichtssprache)

Für Studierende der Indogermanistik:

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam on one of the folowing possible dates:
1.) Tue, 24.06.2014, 16.45-18.15 Place: Hörsaal 23 Hauptgebäude
2.) Mo 29.09.2014, 13.00-14.30 Place: Hörsaal, Sensengasse 3a, 1. Stock
3.) Tue 25.11.2014, 18.15-19.45 Place: Hörsaal, Sensengasse 3a, 1. Stock
4.) Mo 02.02.2015, 11.45-13.15 Place: Seminarraum 2, Sensengasse 3a, 1. Stock

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

For students of Indo-European linguistics:
Preparation for advanced and specialised courses in particular Indo-European languages and main topics of Indo-European grammar.
For students of other fields:
Assessment of historical pivots in linguistic study and methodological principles of comparative linguistics.

Examination topics

PowerPoint presentation, additional material available via Moodle.

Reading list

Michael Meier-Brügger, Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, überarbeitete Neuauflage, 2002.

Eva Tichy, Indogermanistisches Grundwissen. Bremen, Hempen Verlag, 3., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage, 2009.

Benjamin W. Fortson IV., Indo-European language and culture. An introduction. Malden / Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd edition, 2010.

J. P. Mallory / Douglas Q. Adams, The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.

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

Association in the course directory

Ba-M4

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