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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
At first sight the diversity among the 5-600 languages of our globe seems to be without limits. Different languages have totally different inventories of words and also differ strikingly in their grammatical and phonological structures. A closer look reveals however, an underlying unity within this confusing diversity and shows that languages do not differ from each other in random and unpredictable ways. The goal of this lecture is to identify and analyse such patterns and limits of variation. The examples will be taken as much as possible from the European languages familiar to the audience. For students in English, German, French, Italian or Spanish, the lecture provides on opportunity to look at these languages from a comparative perspective.
Information on participating / attending:
Informationen: Prof. Dr. Ekkehard König, Tel.: 030/838-72333, -72356
Date:
07/02/2003 14:00 - 07/02/2003 16:00
Event venue:
Institut für Englische Philologie, Goßlerstr. 2-4, Raum 203, Berlin-Dahlem
14195 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Students, all interested persons
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Language / literature
Types of events:
Entry:
04/02/2003
Sender/author:
Hedwig Görgen
Department:
Stabsstelle Kommunikation und Marketing
Event is free:
unknown
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event8047
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