History of the German Language

3 credits · Undergraduate

Designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in the history of the language of the newly united Germanys, which transverses a rich linguistic legacy from the <Lay of Hildebrand>, through Luther and Grimm, to Grass and <Der Spiegel>. Discussion, via linguistic principles, of language processes in the genetic development of the German language, as well as its interchange over time with closely and remotely related languages such as English and Russian.