Seminar für Englische Philologie
Universität Göttingen

LECTURE:
THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE I:
FROM INDO-EUROPEAN TO THE BEGINNING OF MIDDLE ENGLISH

WS 10/11
Th 14-16, ZHG 102
Oliver M. Traxel


SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule for this semester (some minor variation may occur).
Please read the relevant pages in the textbook before each session. The projected handouts are found in Stud.IP under the section "Daten" shortly before each session.


Session Date Topic Textbook: Baugh & Cable, 5th ed. (2002)
       
1. 28.10. Introduction § 38
2. 4.11. Indo-European §§ 13-28
3. 11.11. Germanic §§ 16, 25, 37
4. 18.11. The Anglo-Saxon Historical and Literary Background §§ 29-36, 52
5. 25.11. Old English Orthography § 40
6. 2.12. Old English Phonology § 40
7. 9.12. Old English Morphology I: Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns §§ 41-45
8. 16.12. Revision and Video  
9. 6.1. Old English Morphology II: Verbs § 46
10. 13.1. Old English Word Formation and Syntax §§ 48-51
11. 20.1. Foreign Influences on Old English §§ 53-80
12. 27.1. Old English Dialects §§ 39, 47
13. 3.2. From Old English to Middle English §§ 81-92
14. 10.2. Exam Preparation  


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