German Linguistics 2

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011709
Subject Area
German Language
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
German
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

1) lecture with guidelines available through a data projector;

2) dialogue with the students;

3) analysis of chosen examples and exercises on Word Formation, Syntax and Sentence Semantics of German;

4) contrastive approach (comparison with Portuguese) to the levels of linguistic description mentioned above;

5) use of some valency dictionaries of verbs, nouns and adjectives;

6) active participation of the students: short oral presentations based on the work carried out outside the classroom.

Learning Outcomes

This course aims at:

– getting students to be familiar with the main processes of word-formation in German thus providing them the tools to facilitate their comprehension and use of lexical items;

– developing students’ ability to analyze German sentences (syntax and semantics) thus improving students’ capacity to understand and produce sentences in German;

– encouraging the competent use of monolingual and valency dictionaries of nouns, adjectives and verbs in order to prevent mistakes.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1- Word-formation

– main lexicogenetic processes – derivation, composition, confixation and conversion;

– other processes of lexical diversification (blending, clipping, initialism, acronymy, meaning extension and loan)

2- Syntax

– predicate types: simple and complex verbal predicates, nominal and adjectival predicates and analytic predicative structures (idioms, light verb constructions etc.);

– inventory and classification of dependents that are arguments of different predicate classes;

– presentation of basic sentence patterns in German within the theoretical framework of Valency Grammar;

– inventory and classification of other types of dependents that do not integrate the nuclear structure of sentences (adjuncts, etc.)

3- Sentence semantics

– a typology of states of affairs;

– identification of semantic types of predicates;

– semantic roles co-occurring with different predicate types.

Head Lecturer(s)

Rute Isabel Fernandes Soares

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Other: 25.0%
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

Donalies, E. (2005). Die Wortbildung des Deutschen: Ein Überblick. Tübingen: Narr

Engel, U. (1991). Deutsche Grammatik. Heidelberg: Julius Groos

Fleischer, W./ Barz, I. (1992). Wortbildung der deutschen Gegenwartssprache

Tübingen: Max Niemeyer

Götz, D.  (2003). Langenscheidts Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Berlin u.a.: Langenscheidt

Helbig, G. e Buscha, J. (1993). Deutsche Grammatik. Leipzig u.a.: Langenscheidt/Verlag Enzyklopädie

Helbig, G. e Schenkel, W. (1991). Wörterbuch zur Valenz und Distribution deutscher Verben. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer

Kessel, K. e Reimann, S. (2005). Basiswissen Deutsche Gegenwartssprache. Tübingen: A. Francke

Schumacher, H.  (2004). VALBU – Valenzwörterbuch deutscher Verben. Tübingen: Gunter Narr

Sommerfeldt, K. E. e Schreiber, H. (1983a). Wörterbuch zur Valenz und Distribution deutscher Adjektive. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer

Sommerfeldt, K. E. e Schreiber, H. (1983b). Wörterbuch zur Valenz und Distribution der Substantive. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer.