FF:AJ20003 History of English - Course Information
AJ20003 The Historical Development of English
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2007
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek - Timetable
- Thu 11:40–13:15 zruseno C21
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)
- Course objectives
- The course follows the history of the English language from the earliest stages of Indo-European, Primitive Germanic and West Germanic, via the Old, Middle, and New English periods to Modern English. The phonological, grammatical, and lexical developments are discussed in their mutual relationships. Assessment is based on the result of a final test.
- Syllabus
- The course follows the history of the English language from the earliest stages of Indo-European, Primitive Germanic and West Germanic, via the Old, Middle, and New English periods to Modern English. The phonological, grammatical, and lexical developments are discussed in their mutual relationships. Assessment is based on the result of a final test.
- Literature
- HLADKÝ, Josef. A GUIDE TO PRE-MODERN ENGLISH. 1st ed. Brno: MU, 2003, 359 pp. ISBN 80-210-3219-7. info
- VACHEK, Josef. Historický vývoj angličtiny. Edited by Jan Firbas. 8. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 276 s. ISBN 8021004878. info
- BAUGH, A. C. and Thomas CABLE. A history of the English language. 4th ed. London: Routledge, 1993, xiv, 444. ISBN 0415093791. info
- HLADKÝ, Josef. An Old English, Middle English, and Early-New English reader [Hladký, 1996]. 3. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 265 s. : i. ISBN 80-210-1377-X. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Kurz je zakončen písemnou zkouškou. Assessment is based on the result of a final test.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
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