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Institut für Anglistik Institut für Anglistik

Ass-Prof. i.R. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Philip-Martin Herdina Ass-Prof. i.R. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Philip-Martin Herdina

609746

Synchronic and/or Diachronic English Linguistics: From Alfred to Aelfric: tracing early English

PS 2

5

wöch.

semestral

Englisch

The course is intended to provide a sufficient understanding of old English phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexis to enable us to read and translate sample old English text. The text of choice will be the so-called Beowulf text.

Topics covered: History of Old/Early English Language change in Old/Early English Variation in Old/Early English Phonetics of Old/Early English Translation of Old/Early English

Mlu in Old/Early English anglosaxon Diphthong, digraph, double consonant Square of phonetic opposition Allophone, allograph, homophone, homograph Yogh,g (j,g), yogh rune or g, yogh, g coincide,eththorn, eththron represented by digraph th

Recommended Reading: Required reading: Baugh, Cable, History of the English Language David Crystal, History of Englishes, Penguin Recommended Reading: A Social History of England Brunner, Grundriss der altenmglischen grammatik Texts used: Primary tetxt: Beowulf (Holthausen), Beowulf translation (Pullum) Anglo-Saxon Primer, Aelfric’s English Grammar, Holthausen, Anglo-Saxon Dictionary , Skeat

Anmeldevoraussetzung/en: Bachelorstudium: keine Entspricht im Lehramtsstudium (344): PS2: Linguistics and Culture Entspricht im Diplomstudium (343): PS2: Linguistics and Culture
Beginn: 04. März 2013