História da Língua Alemã (not translated)
Code
711131070
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Linguística
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Helena Topa Valentim
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To reflect upon the German language genesis
2. To identify and to characterize the different historic periods of the German language
3. To demonstrate and to systematize the most marked phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical changes for each one of the different historical periods
4. To recognize and to explain the permanence in the modern German of vestiges belonging to previous historical periods
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. The German language in the context f the Germanic languages
1.1 Between the Romanic and the Germanic
1.2 Three significant linguistic groups
2. Linguistic change and History of language
2.1 The Latin heritage
2.2 Old, Middle and New High German
3. German language from the XIX to the XX centuries
3.1 From the common language to the unitarian language
3.2 Lexical innovation
2.3 Literary language and language crisis
4. Politics and language
4.1 Politics and language before 1945
4.2 Politics and language after 1945
Bibliography
Abrantes, A. M. (2004). O Alemão, uma língua para a Europa. Lisboa: Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Bach, A. (1986). Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache. Wiesbaden: VMA.
Brudin, G. (2004). Kleine deutsche Sprachgeschichte. München: W. Fink UTB.
Polenz, P (1973). História da Língua Alemã. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Watermann, (1991) A History of the German Language. Washington: University of Washington Press, Waveland Press.
Teaching method
Lectures, linguistic analysis exercises, commented readings.
Tutorial teaching class
Evaluation method
Written final test (50%), 2 written exercises in accordance with program modules (30%), individual work - to be presented in the class and delivered in writing (20%).