A New Collection of Texts and Exercises on the History of German Language in statu nascendi. A Project Outline Cover Image

Eine neue Text- und Aufgabensammlung zur deutschen Sprachgeschichte in statu nascendi. Eine Projektskizze
A New Collection of Texts and Exercises on the History of German Language in statu nascendi. A Project Outline

Author(s): Václav Kříž, Martin Šemelík
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: German language; historical linguistics; diachrony; didactics; text

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this paper is the role of German language history in the context of university-based German studies abroad (so called “Auslandsgermanistik”) with focus on German studies in the Czech Republic and selected didactic aspects. Above all, the paper aims to present a project of a new collection of texts and tasks on German language history, which is currently being developed at the Department of Germanic Studies (Faculty of Arts, Charles University). The paper comments on the specific features of the book, including a focus on German texts from the Czech Lands and interdisciplinary orientation, among others. The appendix contains excerpts from the forthcoming publication.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 93-117
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: German