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Proseminar
WiSe 20/21: PS-Historical Linguistics: 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. close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2020-11-03 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2020-11-10 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2020-11-17 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2020-11-24 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2020-12-01 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2020-12-08 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2020-12-15 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-01-05 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-01-12 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-01-19 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-01-26 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-02-02 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-02-09 10:15 - 11:45
Tue, 2021-02-16 10:15 - 11:45