Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis Sommersemester 2013

„The Music(al) Traditions of Ghana: History and Performance“
Frank Hukporti
Workshop
Ort und Zeit nach Vereinbarung
In this workshop we discuss the concepts of music and performance as well as their cultural perspectives, practices,
and the form and structure of their (musical types) drumming events of four ethnic groups in northern Ghana: Ewe,
Ga, Akan and Dagomba.
MA African Language Studies
40150 Sociolinguistics and Semantics 2
AS 2st, Mi 10-12
MA ALS M4, MA SprInK M7.1/7.2
Ibriszimow
The seminar focuses on lexical semantics paying special attention to cognitive approaches to lexical semantics.
Basic literature: Cruse, Alan D. 1986. Lexical Semantics; Croft, William & D. Alan Cruse. 2004. Cognitive Linguistics.
40151 Research Colloquium
Coll 2st, Di 16-18, S 125
MA ALS M6
Sommer
This is a regular colloquium in which guest scholars, staff members and students present topics and results of their
work. Participation is obligatory for MA students to facilitate their participation in ongoing work and get acquainted
with and accustomed to the discourse of the academic community.
40152 Language Families 2
AS 2st, Di 12-14
MA ALS M5C, MA SprInK M6.2/6.3
Sommer
This seminar will give an overview of recent approaches to the internal structure of the large Bantu language family
of Niger-Congo. After a closer look at Southern Bantu languages and their typological characteristics in general, we
will deal with the characteristics and position of some individual languages of the Nguni and Western Savanna
groups of Southern Bantu.
40153 Structures of African Languages 2
S 2st, Blockseminar nach Vereinbarung
MA ALS M9C, MA SprInK M6.2/6.3
This module provides in-depth insight into the phonological, morphological and syntactic structures of individual
languages.
40154 Swahili Literature for Development
S 2st, Do 10-12
MA ALS M8S
Tchokothe
Swahili literature like any other African literature in indigenous and European languages is associated with some
functional roles. This course aims at examining the role Swahili literature plays towards modernization and development.
40155 Comparative Linguistics 2
S 2st, Do 8-10
NN
Sommer, Turner
MA ALS M8C, MA SprInK M6.1/6.2
In this course, students should apply their knowledge in the practical analysis of synchronic and diachronic comparative
linguistics by looking at various corpora from languages in Africa.
40156 Swahili Literature 2
NN
Modern Swahili Literature
AS 2st, Blockseminar nach Vereinbarung
MA ALS M5S
The course aims at giving some insights as to how modern Swahili literature evolved and how it has developed and
assumed the status it has to date. Using factors like the introduction of colonial education, the introduction of Western
media technology and infrastructure, the influence and effect of language policies in Kenya and Tanzania regarding
Swahili and other ethnic languages in East Africa and the teaching of Swahili and its literature in schools
and colleges, the course is set to examine the themes and styles of modern Swahili literature.
40157 Overview of African Languages
S 2st, Do 14-16
MA SprInK M7.1/7.2
Sommer
This course gives an overview of African languages, the history of their description, genetic affiliation, their typological
features and, finally, areal distribution (includ. convergence phenomena).
Sprachkurse
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8703 Bambara 3 Grundkurs 3
Ü 4st, Mo 12-14; Mo 16-18
ASpLiKu Kernfach B2; MA ALS M2
KuGeA, GEFA, NF Sprachen
Dombrowsky-Hahn
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