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Type of Course	Vorlesung	Number
Hours per week in term	2	Term	WiSe 2019/20
Department	Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik	Language	englisch
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application periods	01.10.2019 - 20.11.2019 enrollment
application periods	01.10.2019 - 10.11.2019 enrollment

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		Day	Time	Frequency	Duration	Room	Lecturer	Canceled/rescheduled on	Max. participants
	Vorlesung	Mo	16:00 to 18:00	wöchentlich	14.10.2019 to 03.02.2020	1.09.1.12	Dr. Peters	28.10.2019: 23.12.2019: Akademische Weihnachtsferien 30.12.2019: Akademische Weihnachtsferien

Description	Please follow the "comment" link above for more information on comments, course readings, course requirements and grading. The course offers an introduction to the history of the English language from its origins to the present day. It explores the linguistic roots of English, the changes in pronunciation and loss of inflections, as well as the enormous expansion in vocabulary which characterizes the development of English. We will also consider the different varieties of English in evidence today and the similarities and dissimilarities between English and other Germanic languages. Among the difficulties encountered by ESL/EFL students are the English system of tenses as well as the discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation: these will all be dealt with in this series of lectures.
Literature	Chapters from the following books will be provided on moodle: Algeo, J. & Pyles, T. (2004) The Origins and Development of the English Language. 5th edition, Thomson Wadsworth Barber, C., Beal, J. C. and Shaw, P. A. (2009) The English Language: A Historical Introduction. 2nd ed. Cambridge UP Baugh, Albert C. and Thomas Cable. 2013. 6th ed. A History of the English Language. London and New York: Routledge. Gramley, S. (2011) 2nd ed. The History of English: An Introduction. London: Routledge. Kohnen, T. (2014) Introduction to the History of English. Frankfurt/M. etc.: Peter Lang.

Description

Please follow the "comment" link above for more information on comments, course readings, course requirements and grading.

The course offers an introduction to the history of the English language from its origins to the present day. It explores the linguistic roots of English, the changes in pronunciation and loss of inflections, as well as the enormous expansion in vocabulary which characterizes the development of English. We will also consider the different varieties of English in evidence today and the similarities and dissimilarities between English and other Germanic languages. Among the difficulties encountered by ESL/EFL students are the English system of tenses as well as the discrepancy between spelling and pronunciation: these will all be dealt with in this series of lectures.

Literature

Chapters from the following books will be provided on moodle:

Algeo, J. & Pyles, T. (2004) The Origins and Development of the English Language. 5th edition, Thomson Wadsworth
Barber, C., Beal, J. C. and Shaw, P. A. (2009) The English Language: A Historical Introduction. 2nd ed. Cambridge UP
Baugh, Albert C. and Thomas Cable. 2013. 6th ed. A History of the English Language. London and New York: Routledge.
Gramley, S. (2011) 2nd ed. The History of English: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
Kohnen, T. (2014) Introduction to the History of English. Frankfurt/M. etc.: Peter Lang.

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