Universität Wien

290102 VO Language, Space and Society - Language Geography of Europe (2014W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 13.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 20.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 27.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 03.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 10.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 17.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 24.11. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 01.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 15.12. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 12.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 19.01. 08:30 - 10:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
  • Monday 26.01. 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)

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