British and American English in Contrast

Dozent/in:

Julia Schlüter

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 4, Studium Generale

Termine:

Mi, 12:15 - 13:45, U2/00.25

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft Variante 2 (= für 2. Hauptfach, d.h. Hauptfach ohne BA-Arbeit) (2 ECTS)

MA English and American Studies (Regular & European Joint Master's Programme):

• Mastermodule English Linguistics (2 ECTS)
• Profile Module English Linguistics (2 ECTS)
• Consolidation Module English Linguistics (2 ECTS)
• Restricted Electives English Linguistics (2 ECTS)

Lehramt Gym: Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
Lehramt RS/Gym: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A (2 or 4 ECTS)
MEd Berufliche Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul B (3 ECTS)
MSc Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
BA Studium Generale (2 or 4 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students (2 or 4 ECTS)

2. Registration and Deregistration:
Registration via FlexNow from 25 September 2023, 10:00h, to 19 October 2023, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 September 2023, 10:00, to 30 October 2023, 23:59h.

3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
2 ECTS in all modules for degree-seeking students of the University of Bamberg except those special cases mentioned below: none, BUT REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!

Special cases:
2 ECTS (BA Studium Generale, Erasmus and other visiting students; ungraded or pass/fail): regular attendance
2 ECTS (MA English and American Studies: Consolidation Module Linguistics I): oral examination together with the seminar in the module (30 minutes in all)
3 ECTS (MEd Berufliche Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul B): written test of 60 minutes
4 ECTS (Lehramt RS/Gym: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A): written test of 90 minutes
4 ECTS (BA Studium Generale; pass/fail): written test of 90 minutes
2 ECTS (Erasmus and other visiting students only; graded): written test of 45 minutes
4 ECTS (Erasmus and other visiting students only; graded or pass/fail): written test of 90 minutes

Für Studierende der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft:
BA General Linguistics: als Vorlesung (2 ECTS) für Erweitertes Aufbaumodul 1 und 2, Vertiefungsmodul; Anmeldung in FlexNow über den Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft.

Inhalt:

The lecture provides an overview of the many ways in which the two major national varieties of English differ. As is well-known, British and American English diverge systematically in the pronunciation and distribution of certain phonemes and allophones. Similarly well-known are differences in the spelling and vocabulary, which happen to provide a frequently discussed topic in the teaching of English. Above and beyond such phonetic/phonological, orthographic and lexical differences, recent research has shown that on the grammatical level, there is also a not-to-be-underestimated number of major and minor contrasts. These include differences in word formation, grammatical morphology, word order as well as syntactic relations.

The lecture will contextualize linguistic contrasts with a view to the historical evolution of the relationship between British and American English and pragmatic differences characterizing speakers' linguistic behaviour. It will equally aim at discovering system-inherent orientations that account for variety-specific tendencies. For this purpose, the diachronic dimension of the contrasts will be given an important place, and issues such as the myth of the colonial lag, the world-wide leadership of American English, internationalization and colloquialization will crop up repeatedly.

In its final part, the lecture will focus on choices made by users of English as an international lingua franca and the relevance of the descriptive differences for the teaching of English in secondary and tertiary education.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Suggestions for background reading:

• Algeo, John (2006) British or American English? A Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Rohdenburg, Günter & Schlüter, Julia (eds., 2009) One Language, Two Grammars? Differences between British and American English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [electronic full text accessible via library catalogue]

• Tottie, Gunnel (2002) An Introduction to American English. Oxford: Blackwell.

Diversity: Literary, Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives (Online Joint Lecture Series)

Dozentinnen/Dozenten:

Susan Brähler, Kerstin-Anja Münderlein

Angaben:

Vorlesung, Studium Generale, Gender und Diversität

Termine:

Einzeltermin am 8.11.2023, Einzeltermin am 13.12.2023, Einzeltermin am 10.1.2024, Einzeltermin am 7.2.2024, 18:15 - 20:00, Online-Meeting

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Module Allocation:
This lecture is open for the following modules within their study programmes that include a lecture without an exam as part of their module!

Lehramt Englisch RS:
Zusatzmodul Englische und Amerikanische Literaturwissenschaft RS BS a (2 ECTS)

Lehramt Englisch GY:
Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft oder Literaturwissenschaft (2 ECTS)

BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Studium Generale

MA English and American Studies:
Master Module Literature or Culture or Linguistics (2 ECTS)
Profile Module I/II in Literature or Culture or Linguistics (2 ECTS)

NOT open for Consolidation Module
(guest auditors: please contact Dr. Kerstin-Anja Münderlein)

2. (De)Registration:
(De)Registration in FlexNow (Literature and Culture): 01.09.2023, 10:00 - 31.10.2023, 23:59
Registration in FlexNow (Linguistics): 25.09.2023 - 19.10.2023
Deregistration in FlexNow (Linguistics): 25.09.2023 - 30.10.2023

Please register under the correct chair for which you want to attend the lecture: Englische Literaturwissenschaft (Literature or Culture, separate registrations on FlexNow!) or Englische Sprachwissenschaft (Linguistics)

Inhalt:

This course is the first instalment of a new transdisciplinary series of yearly online lectures offered jointly by the partner universities of the European Joint Master's Programme in English and American Studies. The first edition of Spanning regions and disciplines: lecture series of the European Joint Master's Programme in English and American Studies will deal with the topic of diversity from linguistic, cultural and literary perspectives and is available not only to MA students of both study tracks but also to students of Lehramt Realschule (as part of their Zusatzmodul Literaturwissenschaft) or Lehramt Gymnasium (as part of their Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft oder Literaturwissenschaft) and BA students (Studium Generale).
The lecture series is an outstanding opportunity to interact with a group of international students and to get to know professors from our partner universities. The course will consist of four online lectures taught between November 2023 and February 2024 (via Zoom; students will receive access info via the VC) and a hybrid student conference on Thursday, 25 April 2024.

Lectures (working titles only!):
8 November: Binary or diversity? A multimodal approach to Michael Jackson's music video Black or White (Prof. Dr. Manfred Krug, Bamberg)
13 December: Why food studies matters (Prof. Andrew Monnickendam, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
10 January: Communities and Connections: Inter-American Perspectives (Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz)
7 February: First Person: Challenges and Affordances (Associate Professor Mena Mitrano and Associate Prof. Pia Masiero, Università Ca Foscari Venezia)

Student Conference on 25 April 2024:
Keynote lecture: Latinx Shakespeare: Carlos Morton's Trumpus Caesar and the power of political farce (Prof. Dr. Wladyslaw Witalisz, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski w Krakowie)
Guest lecture: Queer Literatures of the Caribbean (Assistant Professor Kedon Willis, City College of New York)

The Roots of English

Dozent/in:

Gabriele Knappe

Angaben:

Vorlesung, 2 SWS, ECTS: 5, Gaststudierendenverzeichnis, Studium Generale, Kultur und Bildung, Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien

Termine:

Di, 14:15 - 15:45, U5/02.22

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

1. Modules:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:

• Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
• Vertiefungsmodul Sprachwissenschaft Variante 2 (= für 2. Hauptfach, d.h. Hauptfach ohne BA-Arbeit) (2 ECTS)

BA Medieval Studies: Aufbaumodul Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS )
MA English and American Studies (Regular & European Joint Master's Programme):

• Mastermodule English Linguistics (2 ECTS)
• Profile Module English Linguistics (2 ECTS)
• Consolidation Module English Linguistics (2 ECTS)
• Restricted Electives English Linguistics (2 ECTS)

MA Medieval Studies: Intensivierungsmodul II Sprachwissenschaft (5 ECTS)
Lehramt RS/Gym: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A (2 or 4 ECTS)
MEd Berufliche Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul B (3 ECTS)
MSc Wirtschaftspädagogik, Studienrichtung II: Aufbaumodul Englische Sprachwissenschaft (2 ECTS)
BA Studium Generale (2 or 4 ECTS)
Erasmus and other visiting students (2 or 4 ECTS)

2. Registration and Deregistration:
Registration via FlexNow from 25 September 2023, 10:00h, to 19 October 2023, 23:59h.
Deregistration via FlexNow from 25 September 2023, 10:00, to 30 October 2023, 23:59h.

3. Requirements for successful completion of the course:
2 ECTS in all modules for degree-seeking students of the University of Bamberg except those special cases mentioned below: none, BUT REGULAR ATTENDANCE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!

Special cases:
2 ECTS (BA Studium Generale, Erasmus and other visiting students; ungraded or pass/fail): regular attendance
2 ECTS (MA English and American Studies: Consolidation Module Linguistics I): oral examination together with the seminar in the module (30 minutes in all)
3 ECTS (MEd Berufliche Bildung: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul B): written test of 60 minutes
4 ECTS (Lehramt RS/Gym: Kulturelle Bildung. Grundlagenmodul A): written test of 90 minutes
4 ECTS (BA Studium Generale; pass/fail): written test of 90 minutes
2 ECTS (Erasmus and other visiting students only; graded): written test of 45 minutes
4 ECTS (Erasmus and other visiting students only; graded or pass/fail): written test of 90 minutes
5 ECTS (MA Medieval Studies Intensivierungsmodul): oral examination of 30 minutes

Für Studierende der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft:
BA General Linguistics: als Vorlesung (2 ECTS) für Erweitertes Aufbaumodul 1 und 2, Vertiefungsmodul; Anmeldung in FlexNow über den Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft.

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 --- just 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. Special areas of interest are the development of the vocabulary, sounds and spelling, morphology and syntax.
This lecture is particularly designed for students of BA "Anglistik/Amerikanistik", Aufbaumodul (2 ECTS). Students from other BA programmes can earn 2 or 4 ECTS points for their Studium Generale (pass/fail), and visiting students can earn 2 or 4 ungraded (pass/fail ) or graded ECTS points. Everybody else who is interested is of course welcome, too, and may attend the lecture as a guest without ECTS points.
Note that students of Lehramt Gymnasium and of B.A. Medieval Studies in their Basismodul 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.