120080 SE English words: their origin, life and death (2007W)
Linguistics Seminar
Continuous assessment of course work
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ECTS UF Englisch: 3.00
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Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 12.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 19.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 09.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 16.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 23.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 30.11. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 07.12. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 14.12. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 11.01. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 18.01. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 25.01. 09:00 - 11:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar offers students an insight into the history of English vocabulary and its historically accumulated strata, with special emphasis on phenomena connected with the "natural cycles" of words: on the one hand, incremental processes of word-formation and other forms of lexical enrichment (mostly by means of borrowing); on the other hand, phonetic attrition and loss of segmental substance, morphological obscuration, misanalysis, folk-etymological distortion, semantic change, and word death. Principles and methods of linguistic etymology will also be discussed and contrasted with popular views about the history of words. Participants will be required to prepare individual oral presentations (ca. 20 min.) and submit a seminar paper (6000-7000 words).
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
seminar; interactive
Reading list
Association in the course directory
222, 821, 238, 722, K 511, K 512, K531, K532
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