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"Pardon my French": Why English is so different from its West Germanic sisters (The French in English)- Dozent/in
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Ingo Radatz
- Angaben
- Seminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS, Unterrichtssprache Deutsch
Zeit und Ort: Di 14:00 - 16:00, U5/01.22; Bemerkung zu Zeit und Ort: The methodological basics of the seminar are introduced in the early weeks of term in a separately organized, obligatory block "Methods and Theories in Linguistics", so make sure you read the information on https://www.uni-bamberg.de/eng-ling/studium/methods/.
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA GY: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Master Module English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Profile Module English Linguistics I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
MA English and American Studies: Consolidation Module English Linguistics I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA: Master Module or Profile Module I or III English Linguistics: Seminar (8 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students: Seminar (8 ECTS)
2. Registration and Deregistration:
Registration via FlexNow from 25 March 2024, 10:00h, to 18 April 2024, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 March 2024, 10:00, to 30 April 2024, 23:59h.
For students transferring to the University of Bamberg, for Erasmus students and for those who need the credit to register for their upcoming final exams a few places will be reserved. If the course is fully booked please contact the lecturer personally.
3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
4 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation with handout
5/6/8 ECTS in MA English and American Studies Consolidation Module English Linguistics I/II/III: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + oral exam
5 ECTS in other programmes or modules: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + assignment of 2500-3500 words
6 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 3000-4000 words
8 ECTS BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik Vertiefungsmodul: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 3500-4500 words
8 ECTS in other programmes or modules, and visiting students: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 4500-6000 words
4. Language of instruction:
English
5. Combination with "Methods and Theories in Linguistics":
In the early weeks of term, we offer an introductory block familiarizing students with linguistic research methods (the Übung "Methods and Theories in Linguistics"): https://univis.uni-bamberg.de/form?dsc=anew/lecture_view&lvs=guk/angl/engls/method&anonymous=1&founds=guk/angl/engls/method&sem=2024s&codeset=utf8. Participation in this Übung is recommended for anyone with a strong interest in Linguistics. For those BA students planning on doing their Ergänzungsmodul in Linguistics, for all students doing Lehramt Gymnasium and for all MA students, the course is obligatory at a certain point in their studies, so it is recommended to do it as early as possible. These participants are required to reserve the following times and dates: 19.04. 08:00-10:00 (s.t.), 02.05. 08:00-10:00 (s.t.), 03.05. 08:00-12:00 (s.t.). To enable pre-planning, please register for the course in FlexNow by 18 April 2024, 23:59h at the latest.
- Inhalt
- English is universally characterised as a "West Germanic" language without further qualifications - without any mention of a Romance influence, putting it in the same category as the other West Germanic languages German and Dutch. But a short glance at the 40 content words in the British national anthem shows that 17 of them (= 42.5 %) are etymologically French. This is not the case in the other West Germanic languages: in the German anthem there are none and, in the Dutch, four. Why should this be so?
- Under the Norman dynasty, French became the official language in England and remained in that position for at least two centuries;
- most kings from the Shakespearean dramas never spoke a word in English in real life,
- the English parliament used French until the very end of the Middle Ages;
- in English courts of law, French continued to be used until its abolition in 1731.
- A modern analysis of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) showed that 62,33% of all English words in the OED were of French or Latin origin, while only 25% are Germanic (c.f. Finkenstaedt/Wolff 1973).
- In 1977, Bailey and Maroldt published their much debated theory that Middle English was in fact a Romance-Germanic (semi-)creole, in which the original Gemanic structure of Anglo-Saxon had been so deeply altered by the French contact language that the result warranted the classification as a new language.
In this course we will look into the historical facts of this intense language contact, the actual linguistic loans and convergence phenomena, and we will critically evaluate the modern debates on the degree of French influence on English. That much can already be revealed beforehand: French influence is certainly much greater than common anglistic knowledge would have it.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Bailey, Charles James N./Maroldt, Karl (1977), The French Lineage of English, in: Meisel,Jürgen (ed.): Langues en Contact/Languages in Contact, Tübingen, Narr, 21–53.
Finkenstaedt, Thomas/Wolff, Dieter (1973), Ordered Profusion, Studies in Dictionaries and the English Lexicon, Heidelberg, C. Winter.
Radatz, Hans-Ingo (to appear): "Romance English", in: Hoinkes, Ulrich / Müller-Lancé, Johannes /Schöntag, Roger (eds.): MRL - Manual of Romance Linguistics: Historical Contact in Romance, Berlin: de Gruyter.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- "Pardon my French": Why English is so different from its West Germanic sisters (The French in English)
- Credits: 8
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft einschließlich Sprachgeschichte
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