Alt- und Mittelenglische Lektüre (2 SWS) [AE_USOldMidEn]

Dozent/in:

Christine Wallis

Angaben:

Übungsseminar, 2 SWS, für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen

Termine:

Do, 12:15 - 13:45, KH 1.012

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

This class is part of the following module:

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Optionsmodul Linguistics (2 SWS Lektürekurs diachron)

Prerequisite: sprachhistorisches Seminar (in Zwischenmodul L-Gym Linguistics; ideally Old or Middle English)

Course requirements: Submit at least 3 homeworks during the course or a longer translation after the course.

Inhalt:

The reading course is aimed at students who want to improve their knowledge of Old and Middle English and/or who are interested in or preparing for the Old or Middle English assignment in the Staatsexamen Englische Sprachwissenschaft (Lehramt Gymnasien).
In this course we will read larger parts of the Old and Middle English canon texts relevant for the state examination, translate into German and discuss the linguistic-historical peculiarities that occur in them. This will give you more familiarity with previous language levels and practice in translation and can deepen your knowledge in basic linguistic-historical topics. The focus of the text selection this semester is based on literary links between Medieval England and the wider world, so we will also focus on genre-typical and cultural-historical characteristics.

The course is very labour-intensive due to the longer texts that have to be prepared for each session.

The course takes place every Thursday 12:15 - 13:45, with Old and Middle English groups meeting in alternate weeks.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Old English:
Baker, Peter S. 2007. Introduction to Old English, 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell. [Only the 2nd edition contains all the texts] (see also the accompanying website Old English Aerobics
Mitchell, Bruce & Fred C. Robinson. 2012. A Guide to Old English, 8th ed. Oxford: Blackwell.

Middle English:
Benson, Larry D. (ed.). 2008. The Riverside Chaucer. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Examensseminar L-Gym sprachhistorisch [AE_ESsprhist]

Dozent/in:

Christine Wallis

Angaben:

Examensseminar, 2 SWS, für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen

Termine:

Do, 10:15 - 11:45, KH 1.012

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Modulzugehörigkeit:

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien - Hauptmodul Linguistics

• sprachhistorisches Seminar (im Zwischenmodul L-Gym Linguistics; idealerweise als Alt- oder Mittelenglisch-Kurs)

Inhalt:

Die Übung richtet sich an Studierende, die im Staatsexamen Englische Sprachwissenschaft (Lehramt Gymnasien) ein Thema aus der diachronen Linguistik (Altenglisch oder Mittelenglisch) wählen wollen oder die ihre sprachhistorischen Grundkenntnisse vertiefen, auffrischen oder erhalten wollen. Dieses Semester liegt der Fokus auf Nominalflexion, Syntax und Lexikologie; die spezifischen Schwerpunktsetzungen orientieren sich an den Bedürfnissen der Kursteilnehmer*innen im Hinblick auf die Themenbereiche des Staatsexamens (diese finden Sie inkl. der empfohlenen Literatur hier Exemplarisch werden Lösungsvorschläge zu Fragen früherer Staatsexamensklausuren Alt- und Mittelenglisch diskutiert.
Der Besuch dieser Übung ist empfehlenswert, wenn Sie in zwei oder einem Semester das schriftliche Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien ablegen wollen. Als Ergänzung wird der Lektürekurs Alt- und Mittelenglisch empfohlen.

Historical Sociolinguistics [AE_HSSocLing]

Dozent/in:

Christine Wallis

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen

Termine:

Mi, 16:15 - 17:45, KH 1.013

Inhalt:

This seminar will primarily focus on materials and resources from Early- and Late-Modern English to provide an introduction to English historical sociolinguistics. It will equip students with an understanding of theoretical and methodological approaches to language variation and change in society.

This class is structured topically, considering aspects of language variation and change such as: -class -gender -standardisation -education -dialect -intra-writer variation -social networks
An important aim of the seminar is to give students an understanding of how archive material is shaped and processed to provide data for linguists, eg in the form of databases, corpora and text collections. As part of this aim, students will have the opportunity to use and evaluate numerous digital linguistic resources for themselves. This course will be assessed by a term paper.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required reading:

• Beal, Joan. 2004. English in Modern Times. London: Arnold

• Hernandez-Campoy, Juan M. and J. Camilo Conde-Silvestre. 2014. The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

• McColl Millar, Robert. 2012. English Historical Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  

Introduction to Middle English The Language of Chaucer: Sex and Practical Jokes in the Miller’s Tale [AE_HIMidEn]

Dozent/in:

Julian Mader

Angaben:

Sprachhistorisches Seminar, 2 SWS, für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen

Termine:

Mo, 10:15 - 11:45, C 301

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

The Sprachhistorisches Seminar belongs to the following modules in the indicated degree programs:

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Linguistics (Requirements: completed Basismodul Linguistics)

– BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul B (Requirements: completed Zwischenmodul II)
The course will conclude with a written test.

Inhalt:

In this introductory course, we will explore the variety of Middle English employed by the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
You will become familiar with the most important phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical, and pragmatic features of Chaucer’s language as well as their origin and further development. This will provide you with a better understanding of (ir)regularities and characteristics of Present-day English, for example the discrepancy between spelling and writing (e.g. <ee> for /i:/ as in see /si:/), irregular forms such as plural mice instead of *mouses, and why we address everyone with you irrespective of number or politeness (cf. French tu and vous).
The class also involves intensive reading and translation into German of "The Miller’s Tale" from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a fabliau packed with witty exchanges, sex, and practical jokes, and "in many ways the most perfectly accomplished of the Canterbury Tales" (Pearsall 2003: 165).

Empfohlene Literatur:

Please acquire: Sauer, Walter. 1998. Die Aussprache des Chaucer-Englischen: Ein Übungsbuch auf der Grundlage des Prologs der Canterbury Tales. Heidelberg: Winter.
Further literature will be provided on StudOn.

Introduction to Old English (Einführung ins Altenglische) [AE_HIOldEn]

Dozent/in:

Petra Maier

Angaben:

Sprachhistorisches Seminar, 2 SWS, für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen

Termine:

Do, 8:15 - 9:45, A 602

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

The Sprachhistorisches Seminar belongs to the following modules in the indicated degree programs:

• Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Zwischenmodul L-GYM Linguistics (Requirements: completed Basismodul Linguistics)

– BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul B (Requirements: completed Zwischenmodul II)
The course will conclude with a written test.

Speakers and Writers in Historical English: Exploring Language Variation [AE_UELangVar]

Dozent/in:

Christine Wallis

Angaben:

Übungsseminar, 1 SWS, für FAU Scientia Gaststudierende zugelassen

Termine:

Do, 16:15 - 17:00, A 603 (Bismarckstr. 1)

Inhalt:

This seminar accompanies the Hauptseminar English Historical Sociolinguistics and is designed to give students a deeper understanding of how historical sociolinguistic research is undertaken by looking at specific studies in the field.

This class is comprised of two parts. In the first half of the semester we will read and discuss some of the foundational studies in historical sociolinguistics, with a focus on research design and methodology. In the second half of the course you will put this into practice by building a mini-corpus of eighteenth-century letters. Using digital images of unedited documents, you will learn how to transcribe the letters with TEI XML mark-up.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Required reading:

• Hernandez-Campoy, Juan M. and J. Camilo Conde-Silvestre. 2014. The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Nevalainen, Terttu and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg. 2003. Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England. London: Pearson.