Course: Introduction into Intercultural Linguistics

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Course title Introduction into Intercultural Linguistics
Course code KGER/KN04
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bergerová Hana, doc. Dr.
Course content
1. Language - linguistics - culture I 2. Language - linguistics - culture II 3. Intercultural linguistics I 4. Intercultural linguistics II 5. Language and migration I 6. Language and migration II 7. Contact linguistics and their position within intercultural linguistics I 8. Research fields of intercultural linguistics I: Communicative Genres 9. Research fields of intercultural linguistics I: Intercultural pragmatics 10. Research fields of intercultural linguistics III: Intercultural semantics 11. Research fields of intercultural linguistics IV: Interculturality in Dictionaries

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The lectures illuminate selected theories and methods of intercultural linguistics. They focus primarily on the question of how intercultural linguistics enriches traditional linguistic research, what new ideas are brought to this subject and what direction it develops. In the seminars, students, on the basis of a critical analysis of expert texts and subsequent discussion on selected aspects of their content, develop their ability to look at linguistic themes from the point of view of intercultural linguistics.
The student ist able to to look at linguistic themes from the point of view of intercultural linguistics.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit: - active participation in seminars on the basis of the reading of compulsory literature, - a PPT presentation on individual themes of the studied subject matter. Examination: - in the form of an exam paper checking the student´s understanding of the studied subject matter.
Recommended literature
  • Bergerová, H. Einführung in die interkulturelle Linguistik/Úvod do interkulturní lingvistiky.. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2021.
  • Hermanns, F. Interkulturelle Linguistik. In: Wierlacher, A./Bogner, A.: Handbuch interkulturelle Germanistik, 363-373. 2003.
  • Kühn, P. Interkulturelle Semantik. 2006.
  • Kuße, H. Kulturwissenschaftliche Linguistik. Eine Einführung.. Göttingen/Bristol, 2012.
  • Peterson, J. Sprache und Migration. Heidelberg. 2015.


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