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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. PROCEDURE The lecture will be combined with a seminar based on directed readings of selected texts. Lecture topics include: Aims and Methods of Historical Linguistics, Change in Language; The Germanic; Old English; Old English and Anglo-Saxon England; Norsemen and Normans; Middle English; Early Modern English. MATERIAL Topic-related worksheets Barber, Ch., The Story of Language, 1964 Barber, Ch., The English Language: A Historical Introduction, 1993 Baugh, A.C., Cable T., A History of the English Language, 1992 Berndt, R., A History of the English Language, 1984 Vachek, J., Historical Development of English, 1970 ASSESSMENT Written and oral examination; knowledge of the topics and problems discussed is geared to the requirements of the B.A.-Level Exam (postupová zkouška). |
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Last update: UAAMALAM (30.05.2008)
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.
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Last update: UAAMALAM (30.05.2008)
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Last update: UAAMALAM (30.05.2008)
zimní semestr Weeks 1-7: Old English (seen against the background of the Germanic) Weeks 8-13: Middle English
letní semestr week1: Early Modern English: an introduction Week 2: The Story of English (Old, Middle and Early Modern English on video) Week 3: Early Modern English: language in the community Week 4: Early Modern English: borrowing and word-formation Week 5: Early Modern English: morphology Week 6: Early Modern English: syntactic structures Week 7: Early Modern English: changes in pronunciation Week 8: Sound change Week 9: Morphological change Week 10: Syntactic change Week 11: Lexical and semantic change Week 12: Language contact and linguistic change Week 13: Explaining change in language |