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Seminar: 10-76-6-C-03 Key Moments in the Linguistic History of the English-Speaking World - Details

Seminar: 10-76-6-C-03 Key Moments in the Linguistic History of the English-Speaking World - Details

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Course name Seminar: 10-76-6-C-03 Key Moments in the Linguistic History of the English-Speaking World
Subtitle
Course number 10-76-6-C-03
Semester SoSe 2025
Current number of participants 69
expected number of participants 25
Home institute Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Tuesday, 08.04.2025 08:15 - 09:45, Room: GW2 B2890
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja

Rooms and times

GW2 B2890
Tuesday: 08:15 - 09:45, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

In this course we will look at some key historical events that have impacted the historical development, standardisation, global expansion and diversification of the English language around the world. The course aims to help you to understand and explain how the linguistic development of the English language is related to events in the political and social history of the British Isles and beyond, and, as a future teacher, how apparent irregularities in Present-Day English which are, in many cases, remnants of earlier, regular patterns, can be explained historically. We will also examine the reasons for the the global expansion and diversification of English in various cultural contexts that has given rise to an enormous linguistic variation across English-speaking cultures around the world.

For an entertaining and insightful quick introduction see the series of short videos "The History of English in Ten Minutes" produced by the Open University: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA03075BAD88B909E

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