Department or Chair
within the Faculty
DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN STUDIES
Study program
Single-major
pre-undergraduate German studies (lectures and seminars)
Double-major
pre-undergraduate German studies (lectures only)
Study level
1st cycle
Course title
Introduction to the linguistics for Germans
Course code
(46351) (ULG-D)
Language of instruction
German
Course description
Form of teaching
This course presents an introduction into theoretical
and methodological foundations of linguistics. The
presentation of the terms and phenomena is
accompanied by examples and exercises relating to the
German language. Overview of the following linguistic
areas is presented: semiology, phonetics and
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and
pragmatics. Further topics include: language and its
role in the society, communication, communicative
competency, language as a system of signs, structure
and content of language sign, denotative and
connotative meaning of language sign, language
change, typology of language, brief historical overview
of the German language development, dialects in
German language, grammar theories – normative,
descriptive, valency theory, generative theory, lexicon,
expansion of lexicon.
lectures (double-major studies); lectures + seminars
(single-major studies)
Form of assessment
oral exam
Number of ECTS
4 (single-major studies); 2 (double-major studies)
Class hours per week
3 (single-major studies); 2 (double-major studies)
Maximum number of
incoming Erasmus
students
10
Period of realization
Summer semester
Lecturer
Leonard Pon