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Language Change (AE_HSHisLing)- Lecturer
- Dr. Christine Wallis
- Details
- Hauptseminar
Online
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Zeit: Thu 12:15 - 13:45
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- This Hauptseminar belongs to the following modules in the indicated degree programs:
(Klotz))
MA Linguistik: English Historical Linguistics (+ seminar Einführung ins Altenglische (Hauf) OR Introduction to Middle English (Wallis) OR Introduction to the History of the English Language (Klotz)) Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-Gym Linguistics BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A
This class is also recommended for students preparing for the diachronic part (Altenglisch or Mittelenglisch) of the Staatsexamen Englische Sprachwissenschaft (Lehramt Gymasium).
Language: English
- Contents
- This module will look at mechanisms for language change, with reference to historical English (and with comparison
to other languages where appropriate). It will equip students with the theoretical terms and concepts needed to
discuss how and why language changes.
This class is structured topically. You will begin by learning about the most common kinds of language change,
such as phonological, morphological and syntactical change, as they can be evidenced throughout the history of
English. In the later part of the class we will consider social reasons for language change, the role of language
contact, and the development of world Englishes. This course will be assessed by a final essay.
Due to the pandemic, the seminar will take place online, using Zoom and StudOn. Further information will follow in due course on StudOn.
- Recommended literature
- Robert McColl Millar (rev and ed.). 2015. Trask’s Historical Linguistics, (3rd edn.). Routledge.
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 15
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Wednesday, 1.9.2021, 09.00 and lasts till Saturday, 23.10.2021, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2021/2022:
- English Historical Linguistics (EngHistLing)
- Department: Juniorprofessur für Englische Linguistik, insbesondere historische Linguistik und Variationslinguistik
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