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CODE 55963
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/14
LANGUAGE German
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

VARIATION IN MODERN GERMAN LANGUAGE

The course is a 6-credits-course  consisting  of  a theoretical module of 36 hours (held in the 2nd semester).

Teachers:

Prof. Bürger-Koftis, Michaela (part I, 18 ore) / prof. Gerdes, Joachim (part II, 18 ore)

 

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

IIn the class students will familiarize with fundamental knowledge about national, diatopic, diastratic and diaphasic variaties of German language, as well as about the influence of contact languages and discrepancies between colloquial speech and German standard language in the recent tendencies of present German language. Furthermore there will be put a focus on the phenomenon of individual and social multilingualism using tools such as linguistic biographies and language portraits.

The program of the exams is valid according to the study regulations until February 2022. Tha program is valid as well for students that will not attend class lessons. Bibliographical informations and other material will be published in Aulaweb.

 

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

Exam Board

MICHAELA BÜRGER-KOFTIS (President)

JOACHIM HANS BERND GERDES (President)

SERENA SPAZZARINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

2nd semester (February 2023)

see Aulaweb and website www.lingue.unige.it

Class schedule

GERMAN LINGUISTICS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam

 

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
24/01/2023 17:00 GENOVA Orale
10/02/2023 17:00 GENOVA Orale
13/06/2023 16:00 GENOVA Orale
27/06/2023 16:00 GENOVA Orale
13/09/2023 16:00 GENOVA Orale
26/09/2023 16:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Target group

The exam can be recognized as obligatory exam in Linguistics (A or B language) in the master course in “Translation and Interpretation” LM 94 as an optional exam (esame a scelta) in the master course in “Modern languages and literatures for cultural services” LM37/38.

Credits

The exam is equivalent to 6 credit points.

Languages

Lessons will be held in German language.

Students with certifications:

Students with certification of learning or other disabilities should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course in order to make arrangements for possible accommodations.