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Institut für Anglistik Institut für Anglistik

Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Gabriella Mazzon Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Gabriella Mazzon

609580

English Usage and/or Applied Linguistics: Varieties of English - Analysing Variation

VO 2

5

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

The lecture will look at varieties of English in terms of modelling differences. In addition to reviewing the presence and role of English in variouos parts of the world, it will look at typological similarities and differences between various „Englishes“. The content is therefore both descriptive and meta-descriptive, taking into account linguistic data but also the ways in which various scholars have tried to systematise this evidence, in order to create general „classifications“ of varieties. Participants will acquire knowledge about different varieties of English and reflect on the problems of defining and classifying variation.

Examination mode/Prüfunsmodus: Open-question final exam

References/Literatur:Edgar W. Schneider, Postcolonial English.Cambridge University Press, 2007. CHAPTERS 1 to 4. Gunnel Melchers – Philip Shaw, World Englishes, Arnold, 2003. CHAPTERS 1 to 3 PLUS PAGES 127-135. Tom McArthur The English Languages. Cambridge University Press, 2000., CHAPTERS 3 to 5. Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt ; Kortmann, Bernd, The morphosyntax of varieties of English worldwide: A quantitative perspective Lingua, 2009, Vol.119(11), p.1643-1663. Bernd Kortmann and Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Global Synopsis: morphological and syntactic variation in English. In: Kortmann, Bernd, Kate Burridge, Rajend Mesthrie & Edgar Schneider (eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English, Vol. 2: Morphology and Syntax. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1142-1202. http://www.benszm.net/publications.html

Anmeldevoraussetzung/en: keine Entspricht im Diplomstudium (343): VO 1: Applied Linguistics (Survey) + VO 1: English Phonetics and Phonology Entspricht im Lehramtsstudium (344): NUR VO 1: Applied Linguistics (Survey). Für Lehramtsstudium (344) wird VO 1 English Phonetics and Phonology weiterhin als eigene Lehrveranstaltung angeboten.
Beginn: 08. März 2012