German philology studies the German language as well as German literature and culture in German-speaking countries, as well as the historical evolution of the language.
German philology
Research profile
At the University of Helsinki, focus areas in German philology include multilingualism, transculturalism and multimediality.
Central research themes include
- Comparative and contrastive linguistics
- Language acquisition
- Language didactics and interference
- Use and optimisation of electronic tools in teaching German
- Linguistic media and mass communication studies
- Phraseology, or the study of set expressions and idioms
- Text linguistics (particularly in the language of mass media)
- Valence and construction grammar and grammatisation
- Lexicography
- Historical syntax
- Modern German literature and culture (particularly narrative research, as well as the significance and reception of German literature)
- Literature and culture in Austria
- Syntax and word formation