GERM 432 - German Dialectology and Grimms’ Maerchen

Through an investigation of Maerchen and other texts in Plattdeutsch, Bavarian, Swiss German and other varieties, and through comparison with the Standard German translations, the course entails analysis of German and German dialects on the phonetic, phonemic. morphological, syntactic, and semantic levels, with comparative and contrastive analysis of English. German pronunciation is especially emphasized.

Students are recommended to have taken GERM 300 and LING 238 prior to enrollment.
Credits: 3