230578 Contrastive Linguistics: English and German (S) (SoSe 2010)

Despite the fact that English and German belong to the same language family and therefore are, genetically speaking, very close, learners of English with a German language background (even with little or no linguistic knowledge) also observe many striking differences at all levels of linguistic description. In this class, we will systematically approach the similarities and differences between these two languages at the phonological, morphological and syntactical level by linking our findings to theoretical approaches, i.e. language typology and applied linguistics, and to the question of how to (better) learn and teach ‘English as a Foreign Language’.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

BaAngBM2 completed!

Literaturangaben

König, Ekkehard and Volker Gast (2007). Understanding English-German Contrasts. Berlin: Erich Schmidt.

NB: A reader with all the required readings has been made available. Please get your personal copy before our first meeting at my secretary's office (C6-136).