Universität Wien

290102 VO Language, Space and Society - Language Geography of Europe (2011W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 10.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 17.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 24.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 31.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 07.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 14.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 21.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 28.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 05.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 12.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 09.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 16.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 23.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Wednesday 25.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 30.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

It is the goal of this course to highlight the relation between language and space from the geographical perspective by the example of Europe. After an introduction into the essence of language (relation between language an reality, conceptual division of reality by language, temporal and historical variability of language, language and social stratification, standard language - colloquial language - dialect, functionality of language) by examples from Europe especially the spatial aspects of language are elaborated: Greek and Latin as shaping factors of communicational and cultural regions, spatial spread and relationship of languages, interference of adjacent languages, language and national/regional identity, language and religion (sacred languages), small standard languages, language rights (esp. of minorities), multilingualism and its impact on cultural and economic relations, trading and educational languages and their processes of expansion and regression, language transfer by migration (e.g. by pastoral communities, guest workers), superimposition of languages (e.g. Russian over national languages in Ukraine, Moldova, Belorussia), official, imperial and military languages, the meaning of a language's cultural prestige, language and script, geographical names in the cultural landscape and on maps.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list


Association in the course directory

(MG-S3-NPI) (MG-S5-NPI) (L2-d1, L2-d-zLV) (Tef-W-B1, Tef-W-B2) (Tef-W-C3)

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:42