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History of the English Language - AAA220300
Title: Historický vývoj anglického jazyka
Guaranteed by: Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2010
Semester: winter
Points: 2
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, --- [HT]
summer s.:2/0, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: AAA100300
Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc.
Mgr. Ondřej Tichý, Ph.D.
Interchangeability : AAA100300
Is interchangeable with: AAA22030A, AAA22030B
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Annotation -
Last update: UAAMALAM (16.02.2009)
The course seeks to present the English language both as a dynamic organism with a structural history of its own and a
mirror reflecting much of the past of its speakers. Individual topics trace the origin and development of forms and functions
which eventually gave rise to Modern English. the aim of the course is threefold:1. to provide a diachronic
background to the synchronic study of Present-Day English by examining its origins and its changing structure over time; 2.
to explain, using evidence from the history of English, basic principles of language change; 3. to outline the nature
of Old (700-1100), Middle (1100-1500) and Early Modern English (1500-1800) as reflected in relevant texts of each period,
respectively.The language of each historical period is discussed in terms of 1. sociolinguistic background (language and
community); 2. sound and spelling; 3. morphology; 4. syntax; 5. structure of lexis and word-formation.
The summer semester develops and presupposes the knowledge of the topics dealt with in the winter semester.
Literature -
Last update: UAAMALAM (27.01.2009)

Literatura

Povinná literatura:

Barber, Charles, The English Language. A Historical Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1993)

Campbell, Lyle, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 1998)

Fisiak, Jacek, An Outline History of English. Vol. 1: External History (Poznan, 1995)

Kavka, S. J.: Past and Present of the English Language, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, 2007.

Millward, C.M.: A Biography of the English Language, 2nd ed., Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1996.

Vachek, J.: Standard English in Historical Perspective, Praha: SPN, 1991.

Vachek, J.: English Past and Present. An Introductory Course, Praha: SPN, 1991.

Doporu?ená literatura:

Bauer, Laurie: An Introduction to International Varieties of English, Edinburgh University Press, 2003

Görlach, Manfred: The Linguistic History of English: An Introduction. Macmillan, 1997.

Lass, Roger, The Shape of English. Structure and History (London: Dent, 1987)

Pyles, Thomas - Algeo, John: The Origins and Development of the English Language, New York 1982

Stockwell, R. - Minkova, D.: English Words: History and Structure, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Teaching methods - Czech
Last update: UAAMALAM (30.05.2008)

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Syllabus -
Last update: UAAMALAM (27.01.2009)

Winter Semester - Topics

1. Change and variation in Language. Basic Chronology.

2. Sources, electronic and other: a practical introduction.

3. Framework of change in the history of English: linguistic typology.

4. Before Old English: the Germanic Background of English.

5. Old English Morphology. English word-structure across time.

6. Old English Syntax.

7. Old English Vocabulary and Word-Formation.

8. External history of Middle English: a survey.

9. Middle English Lexis and word-Formation.

10. Middle English Morphology.

11. Middle English Syntax.

12. Middle-English Word-Formation.

13. Middle English Writing and Spelling.

Summer semester - Topics

1. Early Modern English: an introduction.

2. Early Modern English: language in the community.

3. Early Modern English: borrowing and word-formation.

4. Early Modern English: morphology.

5. Early Modern English: syntactic structures.

6. Early Modern English: changes in pronunciation.

7. Sound change: an introduction.

8. Morphological change: an introduction.

9. Syntactic change: an introduction.

10. Lexical and semantic change: an introduction.

Language contact and linguistic change.

 
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