Vorlesung: The Roots of English
- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Knappe
- Angaben
- Vorlesung
2 SWS
Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, benoteter Schein möglich für Gaststudierende
Zeit und Ort: Di 10:15 - 11:45, U7/01.05
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- General organization
1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik mit Studienbeginn ab Sommersemester 2012: Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
BA Studium Generale für Nicht-Anglisten (2 or 4 ECTS; pass/fail)
Erasmus and other visiting students: 2 or 4 ECTS
Magister, Lehrämter nicht-modularisiert, Diplom
2. Registration:
via FlexNow!
23 September 2013, 10:00 – 17 October 2013, 23:59
3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
2 ECTS (BA "Anglistik/Amerikanistik"; enrolment in the summer term 2012 or after only): none
2 ECTS (Studium Generale): written test of 45 minutes (pass/fail)
4 ECTS (Studium Generale): written test of 90 minutes (pass/fail)
2 ECTS (Erasmus and other visiting students only): written test of 45 minutes
4 ECTS (Erasmus and other visiting students only): written test of 90 minutes
4. Language of instruction:
English
- Inhalt
- Description:
Why is English like that? Why is knight spelled with a kn and a gh? Why does English have so many synonyms like start, begin, commence or clever, intelligent, astute and bright? How come that we hardly have any – in fact only eight – inflectional endings in English today? And how are German and English related – as they obviously are, when we compare, for instance, goose and Gans, house and Haus, knight and Knecht, light and Licht?
This lecture addresses all these questions, and more. Students will be given an overview of the development of the English language from its earliest attestations in the late 7th century (Old English) until today in the context of the textual transmission and sociohistorical changes. Selected passages from different periods will be introduced, and special areas of interest are the development of sounds and spelling, grammar, vocabulary and syntax.
This lecture is particularly designed for students of BA "Anglistik/Amerikanistik", Aufbaumodul (2 ECTS). Students from other BA programmes can earn 2, 3 or 4 ECTS points for their Studium Generale (pass/fail), and visiting students can earn 2, 3, or 4 graded ECTS points. Everybody elso who is interested is of course welcome, too, and may attend the lecture as a guest without getting ECTS points.
Note that students of Lehramt Gymnasium and of B.A. Medieval Studies must attend the Uebung "Englische Sprachgeschichte", not this lecture.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Suggestions for background reading:
- Norbert Schmitt and Richard Marsden. 2006. Why Is English like That? Historical Answers to Hard ELT Questions. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.
- Albert C. Baugh & Thomas Cable. 2013. A History of the English Language. Sixth ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 4
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 20
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft einschließlich Sprachgeschichte
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