230142 From Language Mixing to Mixed Languages (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)

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Although there is no universally agreed definition of what precisely constitutes a mixed language, these languages are usually seen as being distinct from other types of contact languages, such as pidgins and creoles. In this class we will thus look at different types of contact languages and language contact phenomena such as code-switching at a more general plane before looking at more specific cases of (extreme) language mixing. This may also involve the analysis of multilingual text production in literature, music, and elsewhere.

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weekly Do 16-18   13.10.2025-06.02.2026

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23-ANG-M-AngGM2 Grundmodul 2: Contact Zones and Intercultural Studies GM 2.1 Languages in Contact Study requirement
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23-ANG-M-AngHM1_IAS Language and the Processes of Culture Sprachliche Dynamik Study requirement
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23-ANG-M-GM3 Grundmodul 3: Contact Zones and Intercultural Studies Languages in Contact Study requirement
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23-LIN-MaTY Language Typology and Language Comparison / Lingüística comparada y tipología de idiomas Sprachtyopologie und Sprachvergleich Study requirement
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Sprachtypologie und Sprachvergleich Study requirement
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Sprachtypologie und Sprachvergleich Study requirement
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seminar (S) / 2
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This lecture is taught in english
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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