Institut für Englische Philologie
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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

Oliver M. Traxel

SS 12
Mo 18-20

Room: 051


SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule for this semester. Some minor variation may occur. Please read the relevant pages in the textbook Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable, A History of the English Language, 5th ed. (London and New York, 2002) before each session.


Session Date Topic Textbook
       
1. 16.4. Introduction § 38
2. 23.4. Indo-European §§ 13-28
3. 30.4. Germanic §§ 16, 25, 37
  7.5. cancelled, no class  
4. 14.5. The Anglo-Saxon Historical Background §§ 29-36, 52
5. 21.5. Old English Orthography § 40
  28.5. Pentecost, no class  
6. 4.6. Old English Phonology § 40
7. 11.6. Old English Morphology I: Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns §§ 41-45
8. 18.6. Old English Morphology II: Verbs § 46
9. 25.6. Old English Word Formation and Syntax §§ 48-51
10. 2.7. Foreign Influences on Old English §§ 53-80
11. 9.7. From Old English to Middle English §§ 81-92
12. 16.7. Final Exam  


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