6 ECTS credits
180 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4020166FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
Although its roots can be traced back to a handful of Germanic tribes that settled in Britain around 500 ce, English is currently one of the world-dominating languages, With nearly 400 million first-language speakers. The original settlers spoke different but probably mutually intelligible West-Germanic dialects, from which a common “language”, or, better still, a set of dialects nowadays refered to as “Old English” emerged. Old English was vastly different from present day English(es). As a matter of fact, the language is simply incomprehensible without some form of translation.
This course looks at the extra- and intralinguistic forces that shaped Old English into Present Day English(es). Taking a rather factual approach, the course keeps linguistic theory to a bare minimum. Starting with a introduction to language change in general and a with a short outline of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Germanic, the mother languages that gave birth to English, the course then looks at the major chronological stages of English: from Old English (500–1100) and Middle English (1100–1500) to Early Modern English (1500–1800) and Modern English (1800–present). Each stage is amply illustrated with actual text data. Sociological factors that have contributed to the evolution of English are additionally discussed.
For more information about the concrete organization of this course: see CANVAS.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 40% van het eindcijfer
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 60% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Oral presentation: 15 min presentation on a topic dealing with the history of English. (If on campus presentations are not possible, the presentation can take place online via CANVAS (Big Blue Button).
Written exam: 2 hour exam, students are allowed to use a personal cheat sheet (one sided A4 paper).
II. Nonattendance
Unlawful absence of the presentation or the written exam results in a zero mark
III Second exam session
A pass mark can be transferred to the next exam session and to the following academic year.
A retake of the written exam is offered in the second exam session.
The Presentation can be retaken in the form of an oral exam (Presentation to the Lecturer)
The final mark for the second exam session is calculated as follows: written exam (60%) + oral presentation (40%)
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor in de taal- en letterkunde: Italiaans-Duits
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel letterkunde - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel taalkunde - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel letterkunde - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel taalkunde - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel intermedialiteit - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel intermedialiteit - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel neuro- en psycholinguïstiek - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel neuro- en psycholinguïstiek - 2 talen
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel meertaligheid en vreemdetaalverwerving - 1 taal
Master in de taal- en letterkunde: profiel meertaligheid en vreemdetaalverwerving - 2 talen
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Literary Studies 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 1 language (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Intermediality - 2 languages (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Literary Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Literary Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Linguistics (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Linguistics (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Intermediality (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profiel Profile Intermediality (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)