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Kommentar |
This seminar introduces the students to the study of variation and change in English, focusing on the underlying structural and socio-linguistic causes of both. The aim of the course is to discuss the ways in which the English language varies in the present and varied in the past, as well as to explore the factors (both language-internal and language-external) that condition this variation. The topics of discussion cover variation and change in the sound system (phonological variation, e.g. h-dropping, t-glottalisation, l-vocalisation) and in grammar (morphological and syntactic variation, e.g. multiple negation, double modals, the use of present simple instead of present progressive). Central to the study of both synchronic (present-day) and diachronic (historical) variation are the social factors, such as age, social class, gender, group identity, which will be discussed on the basis of individual variationist case-studies. The course will also address a range of theoretical issues, including different approaches to the study of linguistic variation (sociolinguistics, dialectology) as well as methods of data collection (e.g. corpora, elicitation techniques, questionnaires and experimental methodologies).
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Literatur |
Britain, D. (ed.). 2007. Language in the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Chambers, J. K., P. Trudgill, N. Schilling‐Estes (eds.), 2013. The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Wiley-Blackwell.
Labov, W. 2001. Principles of linguistic change. Vol. 2. Social factors. Oxford: Blackwell. |
Voraussetzungen |
Registration via "WUSEL" during the official registration period.
It is highly recommended that students complete module B I or ANG-B1 first.
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Leistungsnachweis |
Presentation and final test (Klausur)
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Zielgruppe |
BA: B II; ANG-FG-B2 MEd: HRGe, G: EN Ia; M-ENG2, M-ENG5 |