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| GERM0068-1 | History of English language
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Juliette Dor |
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| Language : | Langue anglaise |
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| Course contents : | History of the English language and major changes at each stage of its development, with esp. emphasis on OE and its legacy
Chapters on:
- OE inflections; auxiliaries; negation; interrogation; preterite-presents; -ing form
- Vocabulary; major layers; historical semantics; new words in OE
- Major phonological changes
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| Course objective : |
- To examine in detail the history of the English language in order to explain the English that is used today and to account for some "exceptions"
- To lead students to a finer appreciation and command of English
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| Prerequisites : | My BAC2 Introduction à l'histoire de la langue anglaise |
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| Workshops : | The handouts will include a mini-corpus of texts (esp. in OE, ME and Mod.E) used for exercises and to illustrate points raised in my lectures. |
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| Organization : | See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires |
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| Written notes : | Handouts will be available |
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| Assessment : | Written examen in June
Oral examen in September |
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| Contacts : | Juliette DOR, professeur ordinaire jdor@ulg.ac.be
Département de Langues et littératures modernes
3, place Cockerill, 6th floor |
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