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126-475 Germanic Languages | |
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Note | Formerly available as 126-027. Students who have completed 126-027 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof Bruce Donaldson |
Prerequisites | 37.5 points of second/third year subjects. European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed 37.5 points of European studies at second/third year, see Prerequisites. |
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 others, including dialectal variation. A knowledge of English and German will be presupposed, but students with a knowledge of other Germanic languages will be find that most advantageous. |
Assessment | A 1500 word class paper for 3rd year, a 2000 word class paper for 4th year, and a 2-hour exam. |
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