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SoSe 20: Modern Literature and Oral Texts in Kurmanci

Khanna Usoyan

Information for students

WebEx and Blackboard

Comments

The class aims to discuss various local Kurmancî variants using published and unpublished audio material for the study. The students interested in the course should register themselves in the Blackboard system in order to be able to get the teaching material and weekly exercises. First Appointment: 22.04.2020; the further sessions will be taught both per WebEx and per Blackboard. The students will be supplied with learning material for the class. close

Suggested reading

(1) Haig, G. and Öpengin, E., 2014, “Regional Variation in Kurmanji: A Preliminary Classification of Dialects,” Kurdish Studies 2(2), pp. 143-176. (2) Mackenzie, D.N., 1961, Kurdish Dialect Studies I & II. England: Oxford University Studies. (3) Omarkhali, Kh., 2011, Kurdish Reader, part II, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. (4) Shepherd, L., 2012, Kurdish in Use: Colloquial Kurmanji. Maryland: Dunwoody Press. Available online: (5) Thackston, W.M., 2006, Kurmanji Grammar: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings. Available online: https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Kurmanji/. close