GERMAN LINGUISTICS
Course objectives
A) Knowledge and understanding - Students will be required to demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of the topics covered during the course and presented in the reference bibliography; they will be able to prove to possess abilities of analysis, reflection and comparison concerning the main areas of linguistics. B) Applying knowledge and understanding - Students will be able to demonstrate the full understanding of the syllabus of the course; they should apply the knowledge acquired to relevant issues in a thoughtful and critical way; they will be able to demonstrate they possess the appropriate skills to build and support arguments related to the topics covered by the course, and to apply the suitable techniques and methods to the field. C) Making judgements - Students will be able to express judgments in an autonomous form, on the basis of examples provided in the lectures and/or in the bibliographic resources provided, and prove to be able to find and interpret data in order to formulate answers to general – both concrete and abstract – problems. D) Communication skills - Students will be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and related solutions; to demonstrate adequate capacity of synthesis and expressive ability in the light of the specific terminology. E) Learning skills - Students will develop the skills necessary to undertake further studies with a certain degree of autonomy.
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SABINE ELISABETH KOESTERS
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The German Linguistics course taught by the lecturer (21 hours) aims to introduce the cultural, phonetic, phonological, morphological and lexical bases of the German language.
In the first part of the course, a general overview of the German language and culture is given, and the inventory of German sounds (vocalism and consonantism), the main phonological rules, the rules for transcribing words, the relationship between spelling and pronunciation are presented, also in the form of practical exercises.
The second part of the course deals with the morphological and lexical structure of German, in particular the classification of morphemes (by position and function), the description of the main morphological processes (inflection, composition, derivation, conversion) and the stratification of the lexicon.
The linguistic topics will always be presented in a German-Italian contrastive key in order to start a metalinguistic reflection that helps the student to acquire the formal characteristics of the German language.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge of German is required. However, a good knowledge of Italian grammar is helpful.
Books
Language course: to define
Linguistics:
Maria Böhmer, Il nuovo tedesco scientifico. corso di lettura. Roma, Bulzoni, 2016.
For non-attendees:
One text among
1. Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Fonetica e Fonologia del tedesco, Bari, Graphis. (As the text is no longer commercially available, it will be provided to students free of charge in digital format.)
2. Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Roma, Carocci.
3. Vanna Vannuccini, Piccolo viaggio nell'anima tedesca, Milano, Feltrinelli.Per i non frequentanti:
4. Di Meola, Claudio, La linguistica tedesca, Roma, Bulzoni, ch.0-3.
5. Maria Böhmer, Il nuovo tedesco scientifico. corso di lettura. Roma, Bulzoni, 2016.
5.Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Fonetica e Fonologia del tedesco, Bari, Graphis. (As the text is no longer commercially available, it will be provided to students free of charge in digital format.)
Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Roma, Carocci.
Vanna Vannuccini, Piccolo viaggio nell'anima tedesca, Milano, Feltrinelli.Per i non frequentanti:
Teaching mode
The course combines lectures by the lecturer and tutorials by the native speaker.
The teacher's German Linguistics lessons will take place through frontal lectures to facilitate the learning of the theoretical-formal knowledge necessary for the university study of the German language, while the tutorials carried out by the mother tongue readers, which aim at the learning of A2 level language skills, will be carried out through different didactic methods aimed at the acquisition and practice of language skills: classroom and laboratory exercises, guided self-study, individual and group work, role play, various use of telematic supports.
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended for both the lectures given by the teacher and the practical exercises given by the mother tongue readers.
Frequency
if possibile, in-person.
Exam mode
For attending students, there will be an exemption at the end of the winter semester. It is also possible for attending and non-attending students to take the exam at each exam session in each session (see infostud).
Lesson mode
The course combines lectures by the lecturer and tutorials by the native speaker.
The teacher's German Linguistics lessons will take place through frontal lectures and group exercises to facilitate the learning of the theoretical-formal knowledge necessary for the university study of the German language, while the tutorials carried out by the mother tongue readers, which aim at the learning of at least A1/2 level language skills, will be carried out through different didactic methods aimed at the acquisition and practice of language skills: classroom and laboratory exercises, guided self-study, individual and group work, role play, various use of telematic supports.
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended for both the lectures given by the teacher and the practical exercises given by the mother tongue readers.
SABINE ELISABETH KOESTERS
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The German Linguistics course taught by the lecturer (21 hours) aims to introduce the cultural, phonetic, phonological, morphological and lexical bases of the German language.
In the first part of the course, a general overview of the German language and culture is given, and the inventory of German sounds (vocalism and consonantism), the main phonological rules, the rules for transcribing words, the relationship between spelling and pronunciation are presented, also in the form of practical exercises.
The second part of the course deals with the morphological and lexical structure of German, in particular the classification of morphemes (by position and function), the description of the main morphological processes (inflection, composition, derivation, conversion) and the stratification of the lexicon.
The linguistic topics will always be presented in a German-Italian contrastive key in order to start a metalinguistic reflection that helps the student to acquire the formal characteristics of the German language.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge of German is required. However, a good knowledge of Italian grammar is helpful.
Books
Language course: to define
Linguistics:
Maria Böhmer, Il nuovo tedesco scientifico. corso di lettura. Roma, Bulzoni, 2016.
For non-attendees:
One text among
1. Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Fonetica e Fonologia del tedesco, Bari, Graphis. (As the text is no longer commercially available, it will be provided to students free of charge in digital format.)
2. Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Roma, Carocci.
3. Vanna Vannuccini, Piccolo viaggio nell'anima tedesca, Milano, Feltrinelli.Per i non frequentanti:
4. Di Meola, Claudio, La linguistica tedesca, Roma, Bulzoni, ch.0-3.
5. Maria Böhmer, Il nuovo tedesco scientifico. corso di lettura. Roma, Bulzoni, 2016.
5.Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Fonetica e Fonologia del tedesco, Bari, Graphis. (As the text is no longer commercially available, it will be provided to students free of charge in digital format.)
Sabine E. Koesters Gensini, Le parole del tedesco, Roma, Carocci.
Vanna Vannuccini, Piccolo viaggio nell'anima tedesca, Milano, Feltrinelli.Per i non frequentanti:
Teaching mode
The course combines lectures by the lecturer and tutorials by the native speaker.
The teacher's German Linguistics lessons will take place through frontal lectures to facilitate the learning of the theoretical-formal knowledge necessary for the university study of the German language, while the tutorials carried out by the mother tongue readers, which aim at the learning of A2 level language skills, will be carried out through different didactic methods aimed at the acquisition and practice of language skills: classroom and laboratory exercises, guided self-study, individual and group work, role play, various use of telematic supports.
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended for both the lectures given by the teacher and the practical exercises given by the mother tongue readers.
Frequency
if possibile, in-person.
Exam mode
For attending students, there will be an exemption at the end of the winter semester. It is also possible for attending and non-attending students to take the exam at each exam session in each session (see infostud).
Lesson mode
The course combines lectures by the lecturer and tutorials by the native speaker.
The teacher's German Linguistics lessons will take place through frontal lectures and group exercises to facilitate the learning of the theoretical-formal knowledge necessary for the university study of the German language, while the tutorials carried out by the mother tongue readers, which aim at the learning of at least A1/2 level language skills, will be carried out through different didactic methods aimed at the acquisition and practice of language skills: classroom and laboratory exercises, guided self-study, individual and group work, role play, various use of telematic supports.
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended for both the lectures given by the teacher and the practical exercises given by the mother tongue readers.
- Lesson code1026089
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseLinguistics
- CurriculumSingle curriculum
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDL-LIN/14
- CFU6