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The lecture offers a coherent survey of the major developments which the English language underwent from its beginnings until the present day. It covers the three major periods in the history of English, including Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English, focusing on the factors, both internal and socio-economic, which conditioned the changes in the individual periods. The emergence and the position of early English in the wider context of Indo-European languages, the Middle English dialectal variation, the impact of the printing press, the effects of the Renaissance on the language, and the rise of standard English are some of the issues addressed in the course. Additionally, the course will introduce the general principles of language change, its types and conditioning factors.
Registration: via "WUSEL" during the official registration period.
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| Literatur |
Elly van Gelderen, A History of the English Language, Amsterdam (Benjamins) 2006 |
| Bemerkung |
This course is mandatory.
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| Leistungsnachweis |
Final written exam (Klausur) |
| Zielgruppe |
LPO 2003: B2b
Kombi-BA 2010: B II
Kombi-BA 2015: B 2 |
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