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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Semitistics - Languages and Literature of Ethiopia
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Basic general linguistics knowledge.
Objectives
Contents The course will offer the basic elements for the historical understanding of Arabic in its Semitic context.
Extended Syllabus Topics of the course will include:
1) the Afro-Asiatic language family.
2) Semitic languages.
3) The evolution of Semitic writing systems.
4) Oldest documents of Arabic and their writing systems.
5) Transcription and transliteration of Arabic and other Semitic writing systems.
6) Evolution and diffusion of Arabic.
Recommended Bibliography 1) Ahmad al-Jallad, "A Manual of the Historical Grammar of Arabic", 2020. To study to p. 1-35, the rest as supplementary reading.
2) Teaching materials provided by the theacher.
Teaching Methods Teaching will actively involve students through flipped classes, open discussion, and roleplaying.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Exam will be an oral interview on the topics discussed in the course. Evaluation may take into account agreed upon activities done during classes.
Contacts/More Information Additional material will be provided during the course.
Students who do not study Arabic will have to familiarize with its writing system and basic grammar.