HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
| Title | ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ / HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| Code | Γλ2-370 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600007057 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2013 – 2014 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Class ID | 600044693
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600044693
- eLearning: http://eclass.auth.gr/courses/ENL107/
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes and competences:
• an ability to analyse spelling, vocabulary, and structures from different centuries in order to identify and describe linguistic properties and developments in different stages of the English language;
• an ability to examine and analyse original passages in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English and to analyse texts as evidence for historical change and contemporary variation;
• an appreciation of the changing dynamic and the role of English as an international language; an understanding of the connection between contemporary language variation and historical linguistic change in English.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course connects Modern English with Indo-European through a general examination of linguistic change and accompanying phenomena. Causes of change, their correlations with the observable data and the implications for an explanatory model are examined through English texts from Old English to Modern English. The data are examined separately for phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Topics:
(i) Overview of the History;
(ii) Pre-Old English;
(iii) Old English;
(iv) Language Contact: Viking Invasions - the Scandinavian Influence;
(v) Language Contact: Norman Conquest;
(vi) Middle English;
(vii) Early Modern English;
(viii) Late Modern English;
(ix) Development of Standard English;
(x) Nineteenth Century;
(xi) Spread of English;
(xii) Recent Developments.
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 27 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 28 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Interactive Teaching in Information Center | 28 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 28 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Optional Assignments
and
Final Exams
All criteria are explicitly defined and are available on the eclass website.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Recommended bibliography
Algeo, J. & Pyles, T. 2005. The Origins and Development of the English Language. Thomson/Wadsworth.
Baugh, A. C. & Cable, T. 1978. A History of the English Language. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Hogg, R. M. & Denison, D. 2006. A History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press.
Scott, C. T. & Erickson, J. L. 1968. Readings for the History of the English Language. Allyn and Bacon.
van Gelderen, E. 2006. A History of the English Language. John Benjamins.
Additional bibliography for study
Brook, G. L. 1978. A History of the English Language. Andre Deutsch.
Graddol, D., Leith, D. & Swann, J. 2002. English: History, Diversity and Change. London: Routledge.
Hogg, R. M., Blake, N. F. & Burchfield, R. W. 1992. The Cambridge History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press.
Longobardi, G., Guardiano, C., Silvestri, G., Boattini, A. & Ceolin, A. 2013. Toward a syntactic phylogeny of modern Indo-European languages. Journal of Historical Linguistics 3 (1), 122-152.
Last Update
11-07-2015
