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The seminar introduces the students to the study of variation and change in English, focusing on the structural and socio-linguistic triggers of both. The aim of the course is to discuss the ways in which the English language varies in the present and varied in the past, as well as to explore the factors, both language-internal and language-external, that condition this variation. The topics of discussion cover variation and change in the sound system (visible in phenomena such as h-dropping, t-glottalisation, l-vocalisation) and in grammar (shown, for instance, in multiple negation, double modals, the extensive use of present simple, etc.). Central to the study of both synchronic (present-day) and diachronic (historical) variation are the social factors, such as age, social class, gender, group identity, which will be discussed on the basis of individual variationist case-studies. The course will also address a range of theoretical issues, including different approaches to the study of linguistic variation (sociolinguistics, dialectology) as well as methods of data collection (e.g. corpora, elicitation techniques, questionnaires and experimental methodologies).
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| Literatur |
Britain, D. (ed.). 2007. Language in the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Chambers, J. K., P. Trudgill, N. Schilling‐Estes (eds.), 2013. The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Wiley-Blackwell.
Labov, W. 2001. Principles of linguistic change. Vol. 2. Social factors. Oxford: Blackwell. |
| Voraussetzungen |
Registration via "WUSEL" during the official registration period.
It is highly recommended that students complete module B I or ANG-B1 first.
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| Leistungsnachweis |
Modulabschlussprüfung: Siehe die relevante Prüfungsordnung (fachspezifische Bestimmungen).
unbenotete Studienleistung:
bei 2 nachgewiesenen LP: Studium der dem Seminar zugrundeliegenden Texte; Bearbeitung der sich auf diese Texte beziehenden Aufgaben; aktive Beteiligung an den Besprechungen dieser Texte und Aufgaben während der Seminarsitzungen
bei 4 nachgewiesenen LP: Studium der dem Seminar zugrundeliegenden Texte; Bearbeitung der sich auf diese Texte beziehenden Aufgaben; aktive Beteiligung an den Besprechungen dieser Texte und Aufgaben während der Seminarsitzungen; schriftlicher Test |
| Zielgruppe |
BA: B II; ANG-FG-B2
MEd: HRGe, G: EN Ia; M-ENG2, M-ENG5 |
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