History of the English Language I - AAA230071

• Title: Dějiny anglického jazyka I
• Form of teaching: lecture
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Linguistics (21-UL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2025
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: AAA130071
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=649
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc.; Mgr. Ondřej Tichý, Ph.D.
• Pre-requisite : AAA230042
• Interchangeability : AAA130071, AAA230070
• Is pre-requisite for: AAA230072

Annotation

English

The lecture deals in an overview with the external and internal history of English, with an emphasis on the most important social and cultural-historical aspects of this development, as well as on the transformation of the language system within the framework of linguistic typology. In this context, the Old English (7th-11th centuries) and Middle English (11th-15th centuries) periods are discussed. The purpose of the course is to provide students of medieval studies with an understanding of the basic diachronic context of language development as part of their training in philology and literary history.

Předmět může být vyučován v angličtině, a to v závislosti na rozhodnutí garanta.

Last update: Pastyříková Iveta, Mgr. (21.11.2023)

Czech

Přednáška se v přehledu zabývá vnějšími i vnitřními dějinami angličtiny s důrazem jednak na nejvýznamnější
sociální a kulturně-historické aspekty tohoto vývoje, jednak na proměnu jazykového systému v rámci lingvistické
typologie. V těchto souvislostech se probírá období staroanglické (7.-11. století) a středoanglické (11.- 15. století).
Smyslem kursu je zprostředkovat studentům středověkých studií pochopení základních diachronních souvislostí
vývoje jazyka v rámci průpravy filologické a literárněhistorické

Předmět může být vyučován v angličtině, a to v závislosti na rozhodnutí garanta.

Last update: Andrlová Jarmila, Mgr. (14.12.2023)

Course completion requirements

English

Credit is based on a test (two re-sits available) concluding each semester (based on lecture questions, 2/3 pts pass limit).

Attendance is compulsory, max 3 absences per semester are allowed. Any additional absence during the pandemic must be remedied by additional work by individual arrangement with the course instructor. 

Všechny požadavky pro zápočet je nutné splnit do konce zkouškového období akademického roku, ve kterém si student předmět zapsal.

Last update: Brůhová Gabriela, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

Czech

Credit is based on a test (based on lecture questions, 2/3 pts pass limit, two re-sits available) administered in the examination period.

Attendance is mandatory, three absences per semester are allowed.

Last update: Vojtíšková Nicole, Mgr. (11.04.2024)

Literature

English

Brinton, Laurel J., and Leslie K. Arnovick (2011). The English Language: A Linguistic History. Don Mills, Ont.: OUP Canada, 2011

Campbell, Lyle (1998). Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press, 1998

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

Millward, C. M. and Mary Hayes (2011). A Biography of the English Language. 3rd ed. Cengage Learning

Skalička, Vladimír and Petr Sgall (1994). "Praguian typology of languages". In: Luelsdorff, Philip A. (ed.) Prague School of structural and functional linguistics: A short introduction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1994. pp. 333–357.

Last update: Pastyříková Iveta, Mgr. (21.11.2023)

Czech

• Brinton, Laurel J., and Leslie K. Arnovick (2011). The English Language: A Linguistic History. Don Mills, Ont.: OUP Canada, 2011

• Campbell, Lyle (1998). Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press, 1998

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

• Millward, C.M. and Mary Hayes (2011). A Biography of the English Language. 3rd ed. Cengage Learning

• Skalička, Vladimír and Petr Sgall (1994). "Praguian typology of languages". In: Luelsdorff, Philip A. (ed.) Prague School of structural and functional linguistics: A short introduction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1994. pp. 333-357.

Last update: Andrlová Jarmila, Mgr. (14.12.2023)

Syllabus

Topics covered in the seminar:

1. The subject matter and purpose of historical linguistics. Linguistics and philology.
2. Genetic relatedness among languages. Methods in historical linguistics.
3. Linguistic typology.
4. The structural type of English and its change over time.
5. Modern English orthography from a historical perspective.
6. Modern English pronunciation from a historical perspective.
7. The morphological system of Modern English from a historical perspective.
8. Modern English syntax from a historical perspective.
9. Modern English word formation from a historical perspective.
10. The English vocabulary in the light of history.
11. Language change in phonology, morphology, and syntax. Linguistic analogy.
12. Lexical and semantic change.
13. Language contact.

Last update: Čermák Jan, prof. PhDr., CSc. (07.10.2026)