Lecture in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date
Friday, 14.10.2011 10:00 - 12:00
Pre-requisites
Prerequisites:
modularisierte Studiengänge: Aufbaumodul(e) Sprachwissenschaft nach Maßgabe der jeweils zutreffenden Studien- und Prüfungsordnung
Alte Studiengänge: erfolgreich abgeschlossenes Grundstudium
Studiengänge (für)
LA alt, MA, D wahlobl.
Vertiefungsmodul III: Geschichte der englischen Sprache (wahlobl. für LAS und LAG 1. U-Fach; fakultativ für LAG 2. U-Fach, obl. für MA 45/75, 120)
SWS
2
Miscellanea
Registration:
Via Stud.IP and the Löwenportal.
Credit:
5 LP: Regular attendance, final written examination (90 min.).
Reserve Bookshelf:
A reserve bookshelf will be put up in the departmental library.
Course Outline:
This lecture course continues the historical outline of the English language from the summer term by providing an overview from the beginning of Middle English (ME) in the 12th century to the end of the Early Modern period in the 18th century.
Apart from the far-ranging changes that occurred in the structure of the language we will also deal with the socio-historical embedding of language change which, for instance, led to the re-emergence of English in the second half of the ME-period, the change from a vernacular to a fully fledged language during the Renaissance and to the beginning of standardisation and codification from the 17th century onwards.
Even though it is advisable to have attended the previous course it is also possible to start with this one.
Suggested Reading:
Baugh, Albert C. and Thomas Cable (52002). A History of the English Language. Routledge: London.
Brinton, Laurel J. and Leslie K. Arnovick (2006). The English Language: A Linguistic History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gelderen, Elly van (2006). A History of the English Language. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
Hogg, Richard and David Denison, eds. (2006). A History of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mugglestone, Lynda, ed. (2006). The Oxford History of English. Oxford University Press.
