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German-English contact in America: modelling variation and change
(2 SWS) (7 cr) (in Englisch); Di 10.00-12.00 - JFKI, Lansstr. 7-9, Raum 319 |
(12.4.) |
Tonjes Veenstra |
This course introduces the North American varieties of German and some important structural linguistic and to a lesser extent sociolinguistic issues that they represent. The main focus is on the syntactic effects of the English/German language-contact situation. In particular, we deal with questions such as: (i) how to account for variation in grammatical theory; (ii) how to model change in formal theories; (iii)how to distinguish between language change and grammar change in a sociolinguistically realistic way. Students are to work on primary data from Pennsylvania German made available in class (this includes transcription work).
Literature:
Adger, D. 2003. Core Syntax. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Cornips, L. &K. Corrigan (to appear) Biolinguistic and Sociolinguistic Accounts of Syntactic Variation: Doubts about Dichotomy. Amsterdam, John Benjamins
Lightfoot, D. 1999. The Development of Language. Oxford, Blackwell.
Salmons, J. 1993. The German Language in America. Madison, Wisconsin, Max Kade Institute. |
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