CODE 55963 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 TRADUZIONE E INTERPRETARIATO 8743 (LM-94) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/14 LANGUAGE German TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW PLURICENTRICITY AND VARIATION IN GERMAN LANGUAGE The course is a 6-credits-course consisting of a theoretical module of 36 hours (held in the 2nd semester). AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES After a successful participation students will have a good command of the different language varieties of contemporary German language 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, diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic varieties, youth speech and other special languages used in German speaking areas. - After a successful participation 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. - Aim of the class is to familiarize students with the most important methods of corpus linguistics used to investigate on lexis and grammatical structure of contemporary German language. PREREQUISITES Language level B2 in German language is required for participation. TEACHING METHODS The theory lecture (German Linguistics) starts in the 2nd semester (February 2021). Unless otherwise provided because of security measures due to the sanitary situation the lecture will be held in presence. SYLLABUS/CONTENT In the class students will familiarize with fundamental knowledge about the pluricentricity and national, diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic variations of German language, as well as about youth languages and the influence of contact languages and discrepancies between colloquial speech and German standard language. During the lessons will be presented research methods of corpus linguistic used to explore lexical and grammatical structures of contemporary German language. The program of the exams is valid according to the study regulations until February 2022. 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 Androutsopoulos: Deutsche Jugendsprache. Untersuchungen zu ihren Strukturen und Funktionen, Frankfurt (Main) et alii: Peter Lang, 1998. Bahlo, Nils et alii: Jugendsprache. Eine Einführung, Stuttgart: Metzler, 2019 Canoğlu, Hatice Deniz: Kanak Sprak versus Kiezdeutsch - Sprachverfall oder sprachlicher Spezialfall?: Eine Ethnolinguistische Untersuchung, Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2012. Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung/ Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften (Hg.): Vielfalt und Einheit der deutschen Sprache. Tübingen: Stauffenberg, 2017. Keller, Rudi: Sprachwandel. Von der unsichtbaren Hand der Sprache, Tübingen: Francke/UTB 2016. Neuland, Eva: Jugendsprache, Tübingen: Narr, 2008. Wiese, Heike: Kiezdeutsch. Ein neuer Dialekt entsteht, München: Beck, 2012. "www.polyphonie.at Further bibliographical and didactic material will be provided during the semester (Aulaweb). TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD JOACHIM HANS BERND GERDES Ricevimento: Go to professor's homepage: http://www.lingue.unige.it/?post_type=dipendente&p=2106 MICHAELA BÜRGER-KOFTIS Ricevimento: Will be comunicated in September 2020. Exam Board MICHAELA BÜRGER-KOFTIS (President) SERENA SPAZZARINI JOACHIM HANS BERND GERDES (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START 2nd semester (February 2021) see Aulaweb and website www.lingue.unige.it Class schedule GERMAN LINGUISTICS EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam Attention: The modalities of the exams can be changed because of adjustments due to anti-covid security measures. ASSESSMENT METHODS 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. Exam inscription on the Website of Genoa University (www.unige.it) at the link „servizi online per gli studenti“ Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 28/01/2021 16:00 GENOVA Orale 12/02/2021 16:00 GENOVA Orale 11/06/2021 16:00 GENOVA Orale 25/06/2021 15:00 GENOVA Orale 14/09/2021 15:00 GENOVA Orale 28/09/2021 15:00 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 Interpretation" LM 94 Credits The exam is equivalent to 6 credit points. Languages Lessons will be held in German language.
