Objectives and competences
The objectives of the course are to familiarize the student with the morphological setup of contemporary German in contrast with the Slovene, to convey knowledge about basic morphological categories of contemporary German, with a special emphasis on word classes, to present different views/definitions of a particular word class and to point out the phenomenon of permeability of word classes and of multiple word class purtenance in contemporary German and to familiarize students with the morphological information included in dictionaries.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Definition of basic concepts: grammar, morphology; the placement of morphology inside the systematical language description, morphological disciplines
• Morphological categories of contemporary German: the concept of morpheme, the problematic definition of the concept ´word´, the relation between tokens, syntactic words and lexemes
• The concept of word classes and various classifications of word classes in contemporary German: semantical, syntactical, morphological and mixed; Classification criteria and problems
• A detailed analysis of word classes of contemporary German – selected topics; systemic norms and functional characteristics of inflection
• Grammatical information in dictionaries
Morphologically relevant typological differences between German and Slovene language
Learning and teaching methods
• seminar (method of oral presentation and explanation, discussion)
• tutorial (method of explanation and discussion, group work, pair work)
The information and communications technology is used for educational purposes in the teaching and learning process.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able:
• to describe and interpret the concept of word class;
• to identify and name the basic elements of the morphological system of contemporary German and compare them with Slovene;
• to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the morphological characteristics of word classes;
• to identify, classify and appropriately use morphological categories and structures of contemporary German and intepret their contribution to the meaning of authentic texts;
• to recognize, differentiate and compare word classes in both languages;
• to demonstrate understanding of the comparative and contrastive approach to language in the field of morphology;
• to identify, evaluate and use morphological information included in selected German dictionaries.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Knowledge and understanding:
On completion of this course the student will be able:
• to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of basic characteristics and elements of the morphological system of contemporary German in contrast with Slovene
• to identify and adequatelly use basic morphological categories and structures of the German language in authentic texts
• to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concept of word class and to identify the word classes of contemporary German in authentic texts
• to analyze and compare different definitions of word classes of contemporary German and choose the most appropriate interpretation of the word class appurtenance of a particluar morphological structure (according to discourse situation and/or text)
• to demonstrate understanding of the comparative and contrastive approach to language
• to be able to identify and use morphological information included in selected German dictionaries
• communication skills (writing skills – written exam, seminar paper, oral skills – paper presentation)
• use of information technology (knowledge of methods and procedures to obtain and process linguistic data in the world wide web)
• working in groups (seminar)
• solving analytical problems (the ability to compare and evaluate different classifications of word classes on the basis of authentic texts)
• the ability to recognize similarities and differences between the morphological structures of both languages)
Readings
- Duden 2009: Die Grammatik. Unentbehrlich für richtiges Deutsch , 8. Aufl., Dudenverlag, Mannheim etc.
- Grammis. Das grammatische Informationssystem des IDS. www.ids-mannheim.de/grammis
- Helbig, G. 2008: Deutsche Grammatik. Ein Handbuch für den Ausländerunterricht, Langenscheidt, München.
- Eisenberg, P. 2006: Grundriss der deutschen Grammatik. Bd.1: Das Wort. 3. Aufl., Metzler, Stuttgart [u.a.]
Römer, Ch., 2006: Morphologie der deutschen Sprache. Niemeyer, Tübingen.
- Köpcke, Klaus-Michael,Ziegler, Arne (Hrsg.) 2011: Grammatik - Lehren, Lernen, Verstehen. Zugänge zur Grammatik des Gegenwartsdeutschen. Reihe Germanistische Linguistik 293. Berlin, de Gruyter.
- Bußmann, H. 2008: Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft , 3. Aufl., Kröner, Stuttgart.
- Meibauer, J., Demske, U., Geilfuß-Wolfgang J., Pafel, J., Ramers K.-H., Rothweiler, M., Steinbach, M. 2007: Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik, Metzler, Stuttgart.
- Linke, A., Nußbaumer M., Portmann, P.R. 2004: Studienbuch Linguistik, Niemeyer, Tübingen.
- Toporišič, J. 2000: Slovenska slovnica, Založba Obzorja, Maribor.
