ANGLISTIK/AMERIKANISTIK

ENGLISCHE SPRACHWISSENSCHAFT
Visiting Lecturer (ERASMUS), English Linguistics April 11- 16, 2010:
Dr. Inesa Šeškauskienė (University of Vilnius, Lithuania) will teach classes in “Cognitive
Linguistics.”
Dates and rooms: check English Linguistics notice board.
Sound & Meaning: An Introduction to Suprasegmental Phonetics (Übung/Proseminar)
4002032
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 16-18 R 34 Andrew Mills
Course description: see ‘Sprachpraxis’
maximum participants: 30
Contact linguistics (Proseminar) 4002033
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 08-10 R 23 Melanie Burmeister
The number of languages in today’s world is estimated at about 6,000. Thus most of us live in
multilingual societies where different languages are in contact with each other. The
consequences of such contact situations for societies and for the individuals living in these
societies will be the topic of this seminar. Sessions on societal multilingualism will cover
important aspects of language endangerment and language death and will try to show how
(official) language policy and language planning can influence such scenarios. Moreover, we
will speak about how long-term bilingualism within a community can influence the structures
of languages involved, e.g. processes of borrowing and the emergence of mixed languages.
When focussing on the individuals living in multilingual societies, we will distinguish
between early and late bilingualism and the acquisition of a foreign language, thereby
including aspects of language processing and code-switching.
maximum participants: 30
EWL: English in Asia (Proseminar) 4002034
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Do 16-18 R 23 Sebastian Muth
Apart from the British Isles and Northern America, English is also spoken in many countries
throughout Asia, mainly as an L2-variety, but also as a very popular foreign language that
many desire to learn. In this course we will look at some Asian varieties of the English
language and familiarize ourselves with their distinct linguistic features and their specific
sociolinguistic context. These include L2-varieties such as Pakistani and Indian English,
English spoken on the Philippines, in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. In addition to that
we will look at the spread and patterns of use of English in countries where it is a foreign
language, namely Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
maximum participants: 30
LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT UND CULTURAL STUDIES USA/KANADA
American Drama (Proseminar) 4002038
2 SWS ab 2. Sem. Di 10-12 R 24 Hartmut Lutz
After an introduction to the study of drama, we will read and discuss a range of North
American plays from Eugene O’Neill’s classic The Hairy Ape (1922) to contemporary drama.
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