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Introduction to Middle English (AE_HIMEng)
- Lecturer
- Julian Mader, M.Ed.
- Details
- Sprachhistorisches Seminar
Online 2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Deutsch und Englisch
Zeit: Mon 10:15 - 11:45
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- The Sprachhistorisches Seminar belongs to the following modules in the indicated degree programs:
Lehre via StudOn und Zoom und auch asynchrone Einheiten
Studien- und Prüfungsleistung: regelmäßige und aktive Teilnahme, Klausur
- Contents
- This course will provide an introduction to Middle English, which was spoken and written in England between ca. 1150 and 1500. We will take a closer look at different aspects of this historical variety of English including spelling and pronunciation, morphology, syntax, lexicon and dialects. We will also take the origin and further development of the linguistic features into consideration so that students will be able to better understand and explain (ir)regular characteristics of Present-day English. For example: the discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation (time /taɪm/), 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 (kingly, royal, regal).
We will read, translate and analyse selected Middle English texts during the seminar.
- Additional information
- Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 25
Registration is required for this lecture. Registration starts on Monday, 1.3.2021, 19.00 and lasts till Saturday, 17.4.2021, 22.00 über: mein Campus.
- Department: Juniorprofessur für Englische Linguistik, insbesondere historische Linguistik und Variationslinguistik
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