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German, New Words for a New World? - Language and the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Number of credits 7.5 credits

About the course

Nachhaltigkeit, Gender Mainstreaming, Ernährungssicherheit, menschenwürdige Arbeit, widerstandsfähige Infrastruktur, inklusive Gesellschaften - where do these expressions come from, how are they formed and what do they mean? Appplying both word formation, semantical and discourse analytical tools, we will examine the interaction of the wide spread wording of the 17 Goals for Sustainable Development of the UN and our conceptions of the world.
Language of instruction: German

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Department for Language Studies