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English has been shaped by its contacts with other languages more than any other Germanic language. The multiple contact-induced changes have resulted from the early contacts with Celtic, Latin, Scandinavian and (Norman) French, and are manifested not only in the lexicon but also in phonology, morphology and syntax. The focus of this seminar will be on discussing the restructuring of lexical fields by borrowing processes in Old, Middle and Early Modern English, the influence of Scandinavian on English morphology (e.g. personal pronouns; the northern/eastern Middle English present participle ending -ande) and the influence of Celtic (e.g. the periphrastic do, the progressive form, the it-cleft construction) and Latin (the passive infinitive) on English syntax.
The seminar will also address theoretical aspects and implications of contact situations, including lexical borrowing, language convergence, relexification, interference, language shift, the role of code-switching and language mixing in the development of language as well as the role of language contact in explaining language change.
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| Literatur |
Hickey, R. (ed.) 2010. The Handbook of Language Contact. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Kastovsky, D. & A. Mettinger (eds.) 1991. Language Contact in the History of English. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Schreier, D. & M. Hundt (eds.) 2013. English as a Contact Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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| Voraussetzungen |
Registration via WUSEL during the registration period.
It is highly recommended that students complete modules B I and B II or ANG-B1 and ANG-[...]-B2 first.
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| Leistungsnachweis |
Presentation and term paper
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| Zielgruppe |
LPO: B 2a, B 2b
BA: B III, B IV, AIII/BIII; ANG-F-B3A, ANG-F-B3B, ANG-G-B3A, ANG-G-B3B, ANG-H-AB3A, ANG-H-AB3B, ANG-P-AB3A, ANG-P-AB3B |
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