BA German Linguistics

The Program in German Linguistics teaches basic knowledge on the structure and development of the German languages, its variants and varieties (dialects, registers, styles), its use in texts and in oral interaction, and its cognitive processing. It covers the areas linguistic description, text linguistics, linguistic interaction/pragmatics, language/culture/society, and language and cognition. The content of these areas is taught in courses that are arranged in various modules. Students of the program must have an excellent command of written and spoken German.