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126-027 Germanic Languages | |
Note | Formerly available as 126-375/475. Students who have completed 126-375/475 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof B Donaldson |
Prerequisites | 37.5 points of Second/Third Year subjects. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2.5-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | Germanic languages constitute one branch of the Indo-European language family. Languages as diverse as German, English, Icelandic, Afrikaans, Yiddish and Pennsylvania German (and quite a few more) all share a common origin. In this subject students will discuss how such languages now differ from each other; how they came to achieve the status of separate languages; and how a knowledge of one or more sheds light on developments in the other, including dialectal variation. A knowledge of English and German will be presupposed, but students with a knowledge of other Germanic languages will be most welcome. |
Assessment | A 1500 word classpaper for 3rd year, 2000 words for 4th year, and a 2-hour exam. |
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