CODE 55963 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 TRADUZIONE E INTERPRETARIATO 8743 (LM-94) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/14 LANGUAGE German TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER Annual TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW TENDENCIES IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LANGUAGE The course is a 6-credits-course consisting of a theoretical module of 30 hours (held in the 2nd semester). AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES - target of the course is to familiarize students with general knowledge about language variation and recent tendencies of contemporary German language. - a further target of the course is a more profound study of some essential language varieties such as national standard varieties, gender languages, youth speech and other special languages used in German speaking areas. - After a successful participation in the course students will have a good command of the different language varieties of contemporary German language - Having participated successfully in the course students will be able to operate identification, classification and analysis of synchronic linguistic varieties of recent German. PREREQUISITES Language level B2 in German language is required for participation. TEACHING METHODS The theory lecture (German Linguistics) starts in the 2nd semester (February 18, 2019). SYLLABUS/CONTENT In the class students will familiarize with fundamental knowledge about recent tendencies and developments of contemporary German language. Issues treated and debated in the module are the pluricentricity and national variations of German, gender languages, youth languages, mediolects, the influence of contact languages as well as discrepancies between colloquial speech and German standard language. During the lessons various examples of language varieties and special languages will be analyzed and discussed. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Ammon, Ulrich: Die deutsche Sprache in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Das Problem der nationalen Varietäten. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1995 Braun, Peter: Tendenzen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Stuttgart/Berlin/Köln: Kohlhammer, 19984. Efing, Christian / Neuland, Eva: Soziolinguistik der deutschen Sprache, Stuttgart: UTB, 2016. Kessel, Katja / Reimann, Sandra: Basiswissen Deutsche Gegenwartssprache, Tübingen: Francke, 2017 Moraldo, Sandro M.: Deutsch aktuell. Einführung in die Tendenzen der deutschen Gegenwartssprache, Roma: Carocci, 2004. Moraldo, Sandro M.: Deutsch aktuell. Einführung in die Tendenzen der deutschen Gegenwartssprache 2, Roma: Carocci, 2011. Neuland, Eva: Jugendsprache, Tübingen: Narr, 2008. Further bibliographical and didactic material will be provided during the semester (Aulaweb). TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD JOACHIM HANS BERND GERDES MICHAELA BÜRGER-KOFTIS Ricevimento: Will be comunicated in September 2018. LESSONS LESSONS START 2nd semester (18 February 2019) see Aulaweb and website www.lingue.unige.it Class schedule GERMAN LINGUISTICS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The theory lessons will be concluded by an oral exam in which the arguments treated during the class will be asked about. During the exam the students have to provide evidence of their profound knowledge of the arguments dealt with during the lessons, the designed texts and the materials published in Aulaweb. ASSESSMENT METHODS Oral exam Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 25/01/2019 14:00 GENOVA Orale 12/09/2019 14:00 GENOVA Orale 26/09/2019 14:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION Target group The exam can be recognized as an optional exam (esame a scelta) in the first or in the second year of the master course in "Translation and Interpreatation" LM 94 Credits The exam is equivalent to 6 credit points. Languages Lessons will be held in German language.
