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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

• lecture • seminar • active participation

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

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

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes: • 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.

Prerequisits

Prerequisits for acceding the course: - None. Conditions for prerequisits: - To be allowed to attend the written examination, the student has to give an oral presentation and actively participate in tutorials.

  • doc. dr. MELANIJA LARISA FABČIČ

  • Written examination: 70
  • Seminar paper: 30

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  • German
  • German