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Seminar: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft III - Late Modern English - Details
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Course name Seminar: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft III - Late Modern English
Subtitle Late Modern English
Course number ANG.05279.02
Semester SS 2020
Current number of participants 8
expected number of participants 35
Home institute Anglistik / Sprachwissenschaft
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Friday, 17.04.2020 14:15 - 15:45
Studiengänge (für) MA 120 LP/45/75 LP wahlobl.
LAS, LAG, LAF (ab WS 12/13)
SWS 2
Miscellanea Registration:
Via Stud.IP and Löwenportal

Rooms and times

No room preference
Friday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly

Module assignments

Comment/Description

Course outline:
Little more than a decade ago, not much work had been done on the language of the 18th and 19th centuries. Probably for the reasons that for historical linguistics the period was not removed far enough from the present, or, simply, that nothing much of linguistic interest had happened.
Now, however, Late Modern English (1700-1900) is receiving much scholarly attention, because during these two centuries the English-speaking societies were transformed dramatically. For instance, the Industrial Revolution led to the urbanisation of society and, as a consequence, to increased geographical and social mobility, resulting in linguistic insecurity of the middle classes. New media such as novels, newspapers, and advertisements had an impact on the language. “At the beginning of the period, overseas varieties of the language were barely distinguishable from those in Britain; by the end of it, some had developed independent and distinct standards” (Hundt and Lenker 2006: 440). Thus, there is still a lot to explore on all levels of linguistic description ranging from pronunciation and spelling via the lexicon and syntax to language use in various regions, registers, text types and (post-) colonial varieties.

Course books:
Beal, Joan C. (2004) English in Modern Times 1700-1945. London: Arnold.
Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid (2009) An Introduction to Late Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Prerequisites:
Aufbaumodul(e) Sprachwissenschaft nach Maßgabe der jeweils zutreffenden Studien- und Prüfungsordnung

Registration:
Via Löwenportal and Stud.IP

Reserve Bookshelf:
A reserve bookshelf will be put up in the departmental library.

Credits (5 LP):
Presentation in class (Studienleistung), Final Test (Modulleistung)