Course: Language Policy in the Bohemian Lands

« Back
Course title Language Policy in the Bohemian Lands
Course code KGER/N015
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Němec Miroslav, doc. Dr. phil.
Course content
1. Concepts and definitions of language policy 2. Ideology in relation to language, to nationalism and language 3. Planning language status, corpus, acquisition, and discourse 4. Theory of concepts of language policies, history of German-Czech language contact 5. Language domains and language policy 6. National revival and language 7. Austrian-Hungarian language policy and the Czechs 8. The First Republic and the Germans 9. "Umvolkung" and LTI in the Sudetenland and the Protectorate 10. Monolinguality of post-war development or communist internationalism? 11. Language and economic transformation 12. English as a solution to Czech-German linguistic rivalry.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to map the development of legislative regulation within the territory of the Czech lands from the "National Revival of the Czechs" to the present day. Language policy is understood in a broad context; the learner, on the basis of historical sociolinguistics, will deal with, among other things, its social impacts.
Student - will get an insight into the issue of Czech-German society from the perspective of linguistic policy, - acquire theoretical sociolinguistic terms, definitions and gain an overview of the development of the German-Czech language policy of the last two centuries, - can analyze historical sources with regard to language issues and apply their theoretical knowledge in practice.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit: - regular active participation in the classroom - oral presentation and moderation - active participation in the discussion
Recommended literature
  • Dovalil, Vít/ Šíchová, Kateřina. Sprach(en)politik, Sprachplanung und Sprachmanagment. Heidelberg, 2017.
  • Hinrichs, Uwe. Handbuch der Eurolinguistik. Wiesbaden, 2012.
  • Marten, Heiko. Sprach(en)politik. Tübingen, 2016.
  • Riehl, Claudia Maria. Mehrsprachigkeit. Eine Einführung. Darmstadt, 2014.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester