Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Institute of Germanic Studies
- Code
- BMI-NEMD17-223D
- Title
- History of German
- Usual semester
- Spring
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- de
- Learning outcomes
- a) Knowledge: The students know and understand the procedures for the study of German linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena, and the changing contexts of interpretation. The student understands in detail the theoretical problems of these disciplines and their historical and processual contexts. b) Skills: Students have the ability to evaluate theoretical approaches from different eras and contemporary schools, to develop independent critique and to propose alternative solutions where necessary. They possess an original vision and way of thinking, are able to apply their knowledge of linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena in practice. c) Attitudes: The work and research of the student takes into account the historical, cultural and social determinants of cultural phenomena. d) Autonomy and responsibility: The students consciously reflect on their historical and cultural embeddedness.
- Course content
- The lecture will provide a comprehensive overview of the key issues and developmental trends in the history of the German language and the multi-level system of interrelationships involved. Thus, it contributes to the causal and functional elucidation of some of the features of the system and the use of the present-day German language. In the introductory outline, some general theories of linguistic change are presented, as well as the theories, methods, models and results that characterise the history of the research on German historical linguistics. In addition to the internal linguistic changes at each level of the language, the so-called ’external linguistic history’ and the relationship between the two are also given a prominent place.
- Assessment method
- oral/written exam based on the materials and compulsory readings of the lecture.
- Bibliography
- Hutterer, Claus Jürgen (1975): Die germanischen Sprachen. Budapest: Akadémia Kiadó. Schmidt, Wilhelm (2020): Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Ein Lehrbuch für das germanistische Studium. Bd. 1. Einführung, Vorgeschichte und Geschichte. Bd. 2 Althochdeutsch, Mittelhochdeutsch und Frühneuhochdeutsch. Begründet v. Wilhelm Schmidt. Fortgeführt v. Helmut Langner. 12., überarb. und aktual. Aufl. Hrsg. v. Elisabeth Berner u. Norbert Richard Wolf. Stuttgart: Hirzel.