History of the English Language for Erasmus Students - AAAE0030A

• Title: Historický vývoj anglického jazyka pro studenty programu Erasmus
• Form of teaching: lecture+seminar
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Linguistics (21-UL)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2025
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, 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: cancelled
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: AAA130071
• For which faculty: studenti programu Erasmus
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
• Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Jan Čermák, CSc.; Mgr. Ondřej Tichý, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jiřina Popelíková
• Class: Exchange - 09.1 Modern EC Languages; Exchange - 09.3 Linguistics
• Incompatibility : AAA10030A, AAA100300, AAA130071
• Is incompatible with: AAA130071, AAA10030A

Annotation

LECTURE:
OBJECTIVES
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).

SEMINAR:
NOTE
This seminar is geared to the lecture History of the English Language.

Last update: UAAMALAM (16.10.2008)

Syllabus

winter semester

Weeks 1-7: Old English (seen against the background of the Germanic)

Weeks 8-13: Middle English

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Last update: UAAMALAM (16.10.2008)