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Proseminar
SoSe 21: PS- History of English II: Before Modern English: Language in Late Medieval England
Stefan Thim
Comments
In this class we will look at the English language on its way to becoming Modern (Standard) English and at the intra- and extralinguistic characteristics and developments taking place in the late Middle English period. This will include a discussion of long-term structural changes in the language, but also a closer scrutiny of cultural and sociolinguistic factors that helped shape the language in the centuries after the Norman Conquest. We will also read a number of Middle English texts, including a selection from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, but also other specimens of the language from various genres.
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Regular appointments
Fri, 2021-04-16 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-04-23 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-04-30 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-05-07 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-05-14 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-05-21 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-05-28 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-06-04 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-06-11 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-06-18 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-06-25 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-07-02 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-07-09 16:15 - 17:45
Fri, 2021-07-16 16:15 - 17:45