Università Roma Tre

Outlines of linguistic history of German-speaking countries

The course outlines the polycentric history of the German language from its origins to the present day, contextualizing it in the main cultural transformations in the broadest sense and focusing both on the fundamental importance of literature in shaping a unified German in the 18th century, and on political-social phenomena such as Nazism or the disappearance of the GDR in reunification.

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In-depth module (second semester, Dr. Maurizio Basili):
The structure of the German sentence. An introduction to German Syntax

The module presents the fundamental notions useful for the description of the syntactic phenomena of the German language. The proposed study, starting from the theory of valence, will focus mainly on field analysis (Felderanalyse).

It is strongly recommended to attend the lessons that involve an interaction between teacher and students for the analysis of texts functional to the recognition of the fundamental mechanisms of the German syntactic structure

For the Outlines of linguistic history of German-speaking countries (prpf. Sampaolo)

- Marina Foschi Albert / Marianne Hepp, Manuale di storia della lingua tedesca, Liguori (in commercio anche come pdf)
Or:
- Sandra Bosco Coletsos, Storia della lingua tedesca, Rosenberg & Sellier


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In-depth module (second semester, Dr. Maurizio Basili):
The structure of the German sentence. An introduction to German Syntax

Reference book:

H. Blühdorn-M. Foschi Albert, Leggere e comprendere il tedesco, Pisa University Press 2014 (chapt. 1-2-3-4-7-8-9)

Recommended German grammar
• M.G. Saibene, Grammatica descrittiva della lingua tedesca, Carocci 2002

Further material, mandatory for the exam, has been made available online by the teacher

The structure of the German sentence: introduction to syntactic analysis
The module presents the fundamental notions useful for the description of the syntactic phenomena of the German language. The proposed study, starting from the theory of valence, will focus mainly on field analysis (Felderanalyse).

• H. Blühdorn-M. Foschi Albert, Leggere e comprendere il tedesco, Pisa University Press 2014 (capp. 1-2-3-4-7-8-9)

Recommended German Grammar:
• M.G. Saibene, Grammatica descrittiva della lingua tedesca, Carocci 2002

Further material, mandatory for the exam, will be made available online as soon as possible.