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Introduction to Middle English (AE_HIMidEn)- Lecturer
- Dr. Christine Wallis
- Details
- Sprachhistorisches Seminar
Online
, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Zeit: Mon 16:15 - 17:45
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- The Seminar zur Sprachgeschichte belongs to the following modules in the indicated degree programs:
Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Linguistics. (Requirements: completed Basismodul Linguistics) MA English Studies: English Historical Linguistics (together with the advanced seminar (Wallis)) MA Linguistik: English Historical Linguistics (together with the advanced seminar (Wallis))
- Contents
- In the Middle English period, commonly seen as stretching from the 12th to the 15th century, the English language is undergoing considerable changes: From a Modern English speaker’s point of view, the earliest texts from that period seem to be written in a foreign language, while later Middle English texts, such as those by Geoffrey Chaucer, are by and large easily understood.
In this class, you will become familiar with the most important phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactic and dialectal features of Middle English as well as their origin and further development. This will provide you with a better understanding of (ir)regularities and characteristics of today’s English. For example: the discrepancy between spelling and writing (e.g. <ee> for /i:/ as in see /si:/), irregular forms such as the plural form mice (instead of mouses) or the irregular verb forms ride-rode-ridden, the fixed word order SVO or the origin of the wealth of synonyms in English (e.g. kingly, royal, regal).
The class also involves intensive reading and translation of a text by Chaucer as well as shorter excerpts from other – earlier and later – Middle English works.
The course will conclude with a written exam. Due to the pandemic, this course will be taught online (mix of asynchronous learning and live sessions via ZOOM). Further information will follow on StudOn.
- Recommended literature
- Sauer, Walter. 1998. Die Aussprache des Chaucer-Englischen: Ein Übungsbuch auf der Grundlage des
Prologs der Canterbury Tales. Heidelberg: Winter.
Fulk, Robert. 2012. An Introduction to Middle English: Grammar, Texts. Peterborough, Ontario:
Broadview Press.
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
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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