History of the Danish language

General data

Course ID:	09-HJDU-11
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	History of the Danish language
Name in Polish:	Historia języka duńskiego
Organizational unit:	Chair of Scandinavian Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Moodle - przedmioty Szkoły Nauk o Języku i Literaturze (in Polish) Przedmioty dla programu S1-FSd
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	(unknown)
Full description:	General issues concerning the tasks and aims of the history of language, Indo-European language group, general characteristics of the pro-Germanic language, and the break-up of the Germanic community. The issues in detail comprise: the emergence (7th century) and characteristics of the Proto-Nordic language; division into East- and West-Scandinavian dialects (7th-9th centuries); the formation of the Old Danish language (11th century); emergence of the Danish and Swedish languages (12th-14th centuries); formation of the Danish literary language (16th century; rise of the pan-dialectal language (rigsm?let). The aim of the course is to present the development of the Danish language and the influence of historical, social and cultural events on creating the national language.
Bibliography:	Karker A. 2001. Dansk i tusind ?r. Et omrids af sprogets historie, Modersm?l-Selskabets ?rbog 1993, K?benhavn: C.A. Reitzels Forlag A/C, 1993. Ny revideret udgave. Karker A. 1996. Politikens Sproghistorie. Udviklingslinjer f?r nudansk, Politikens Forlag A/S. Karker A. 1995. Sproghistorisk oversigt, i: Politikens Nudansk Ordbog & Sprogbrugsleksikon, 15. udg., K?benhavn: Politikens Forlag A/S, 69-87. Skautrup, P. 1944-1968. Det danske sprogs historie, bind I-IV med registerbind (1970). K?benhavn: Nordisk Forlag. Winge, V. 2000. Pebersvend og poltergejst. Tysk indflydelse p? dansk. K?benhavn: Gyldendal.

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