Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
This interdisciplinary course deals with the origin of the English language, its characteristic and place amongst the Indo-European family of languages, as well as its stages of development in its cultural context. The introduction to core regional varieties of Modern English is part of the course.
Topics:
1.Synchronic vs., diachronic approach to language study;
2.English in its historical and cultural environment - Old English;
3.Middle English (1100 - 1500) and Early Modern English;
4.English in the context of world languages; the Varieties of Modern English;
5.British vs. American English from both the diachronic and synchronic point of view;
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
This interdisciplinary course deals with the origin of the English language, its characteristic and place amongst the Indo-European family of languages, as well as its stages of development in its cultural context. The introduction to core regional varieties of Modern English is part of the course.
Topics:
1.Synchronic vs., diachronic approach to language study;
2.English in its historical and cultural environment - Old English;
3.Middle English (1100 - 1500) and Early Modern English;
4.English in the context of world languages; the Varieties of Modern English;
5.British vs. American English from both the diachronic and synchronic point of view;
Literatura -
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
Campbell, L. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: EUP, 2013. ISBN 978-0748645947
Chambers, J. K. – TRUDGILL, P. Dialectology. 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 1998. ISBN 978-0521596466
Crystal, D. The Stories of English. London: Penguin Books, 2005. ISBN 0-141-01593-4
McCrum, R. et al. The Story of English. London: Faber and Faber, 2011. ISBN 978-0-571-27508-3
Vachek, J. English Past and Present: An Introductory Course. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990.
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
Campbell, L. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Edinburgh: EUP, 2013. ISBN 978-0748645947
Chambers, J. K. – TRUDGILL, P. Dialectology. 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 1998. ISBN 978-0521596466
Crystal, D. The Stories of English. London: Penguin Books, 2005. ISBN 0-141-01593-4
McCrum, R. et al. The Story of English. London: Faber and Faber, 2011. ISBN 978-0-571-27508-3
Vachek, J. English Past and Present: An Introductory Course. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990.
