Course name: History of English.

Course name: History of English.*
Title: Enter when applicable.
YEAR/SEMESTER: Spring 2010, Undergrad Prog III 6
INSTRUCTOR: Katarzyna Sówka-Pietraszewska M.A., Office: 403, Office hours: to be announced, Tel.: 71 375 26 85,
mail: [email protected]
COURSE TYPE: lecture
PREREQUISITES: students of the 3rd year.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: English
COURSE DESCRIPTION: external and internal change in early Modern English; external and internal change in late Modern
English; territorial variety of English: American English, Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Baugh, A. 2001. A History of the English Language. 5th ed. Prentice Hall
Fisiak, J. 2005. An outline history of English. Vol. I: External history. 4th ed. Poznań : Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.
Fisiak, J. 2004. A short grammar of Middle English. 8th ed. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.
Fisiak, J. 2004. An Early Middle English reader. 5th ed. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.
Hughes, A. and Trudgill, P. 1979. English accents and dialects. London: Arnold.
Pyles, T. – Algeo, J. 1982. The origins and development of the English language. 3rd ed.
Reszkiewicz, A. 1971. Synchronic essentials of Old English. Warszawa: PWN.
Reszkiewicz, A. 1996. A diachronic grammar of Old English. 2nd ed. Warszawa: PWN.
Schlauch, M. 1964. The English language in modern times. 2nd ed. Warszawa: PWN.
Wełna, J. 1978. A diachronic grammar of English. Part One: Phonology. Warszawa: PWN.
Wełna, J. 1996. English historical morphology. Warszawa: Uniwersytet Warszawski.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: to introduce students to:
- the respective stages of the development of English from its rise on British Isles until the moment in which the language riched its present
form,
- the influence of historical events on language change
- the territorial varieties of English.
GRADING AND CLASS POLICIES: final exam.
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Enter on of the following: Academic Writing, American Literature, American Studies, BA Seminar, British Culture and Institutions,
Descriptive Grammar of English, Elective Course, English Literature, English Phonetics, English Speaking Skills, English Vocabulary Skills,
English Writing Skills, French, German, History of English, History of Great Britain, History of Philosophy, History of the United States,
Integrated English Skills, Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Literary Studies, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to the
Theory of Translation, MA Seminar, Monograph Lecture, Non-English Foreign Language, Polish English Contrastive Grammar, Practical
English Grammar, Specialization Course, Specialization Lecture, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, TEFL Major, Theory of Foreign
Language Acquisition, Translation Major