Englisches Seminar
Universität Münster

THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH IN SCOTLAND

SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule for this semester. If you are to give a presentation, do this with your group. All students should prepare the relevant chapters and respective exercises in the textbook before each session.

Session	Date	Topic	Course Book: Görlach (2002)

1.	18.10.	Structure of the Seminar; Introduction	Chapter 1, pp. 1-25
2.	25.10.	Presentation: Differentiation and Standardisation in Early Scots (Edinburgh History, chapter 1); Varieties of Scots	Chapter 2, pp. 26-68
3.	8.11.	Presentation: The Origins of Scots Orthography (Edinburgh History, chapter 2); Writing and Spelling	Chapter 3, pp. 69-79
4.	15.11.	Presentation: Older Scots Phonology and its Regional Variation (Edinburgh History, chapter 3); Pronunciation and Phonology	Chapter 4, pp. 80-92
5.	22.11.	Presentation: The Inflectional Morphology of Older Scots (Edinburgh History, chapter 5); Inflection	Chapter 5, pp. 93-8
6.	29.11.	Presentation: The Syntax of Older Scots (Edinburgh History, chapter 4); Syntax	Chapter 6, pp. 99-111
7.	6.12.	Presentation: Older Scots Lexis (Edinburgh History, chapter 6); Lexis	Chapter 7, pp. 112-36
8.	13.12.	Presentation: The Language of Literary Materials: Origins to 1700 (Edinburgh History, chapter 7); Literary Scots	Chapter 8, pp. 137-67
9.	20.12.	Presentation: Phonology (Edinburgh History, chapter 8); Selected Texts	T 69a
10.	10.1.	Presentation: Syntax and Morphology (Edinburgh History, chapter 9); Selected Texts	T 6
11.	17.1.	Presentation: Lexis (Edinburgh History, chapter 10); Selected Texts	T 33
12.	24.1.	Presentation: Regional Variation (Edinburgh History, chapter 11); Selected Texts	T 72
13.	31.1.	Preparation for Coursework; Choice of Texts	Texts, pp. 187-293

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