Universidad de Jaén

Unit 1 -  Introduction to English Historical Linguistics & Linguistic Change

Week 1: The history of languages: methods, assumptions, evidence, language families, systematic correspondences...

Class time (4 hours)

• Lesson 1:    Theory. What   Historical Linguistics is and its relevance. Description of the course's contents (theory, practice & portfolio tasks), assignments and assessment system.
• Lesson 2:      Theory. Classification of languages: genealogy and typology.
• Lesson 3:      Theory. The      Comparative Method and      Internal Reconstruction. Recent trends in Historical Linguistics.
• Lesson 4:      Practice. MILLWARD (1996b).

Autonomous work   (6 hours: 4 + 2)

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a): pp. 2-8 in chap. 1,"Introduction", & chap. 4, "Language Families and Indo-European".
• Practice work: MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher.

Week 2:  Linguistic change. What? Why? How? Where?

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 5:      Theory.      Delimitation and types. 
• Lesson 6:      Theory.   Causes and attitutes. .
• Lesson 7:      Theory.   Evidence. Extant texts. Learning how to use the   Oxford English Dictionary (  OED3) in the  History of the English Language course.
• Lesson 8:      Practice: MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Autonomous work (6 hours: 3 + 3) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a): pp. 8-17 of chap. 1, "Introduction".
• Practice work: MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Unit 2 -  External history of the English language  

Week 3: External history of English, with special attention to its relevance for vocabulary. 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 9:      Theory.   The Old English period (449-1066).
• Lesson 10:    Theory.  The Middle English period (1066-1500).
• Lesson 11:    Theory.   The early and late Modern English periods (1500-1750 & 1750-1900).
• Lesson 12:    Practice. MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 4 + 2) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a)
• Practice work: MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Unit 3 -  Old English (Internal History) 

Week 4: Important sound changes affecting OE phonology and morphology, and/or leaving traces in PDE. Introduction to Old English spelling and graphemes. 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 13:   Theory. Relevant changes from IndoEuropean to Germanic (500 BC-200 AD).
• Lesson 14:   Theory. Relevant changes from Germanic to West-Germanic (200-400 AD).
• Lesson 15:   Theory. Relevant changes from West-Germanic to early Old English (400-700/900 AD).
• Lesson 16:      Practice. Revision and identification of sound changes in nominal and verb forms. 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 3 + 3) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work: JURADO TORRESQUESANA (2006), MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Week 5: Old English Morphology: nouns, adjectives, adverbs, numerals, prepositions, verbs (weak, strong, anomalous) 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 17:      Theory.      Nominal morphology.
• Lesson 18:      Theory.      Verbal morphology i.
• Lesson 19:      Theory.      Verbal      morphology ii.
• Lesson 20:      Practice. DE LA CRUZ FERNÁNDEZ et al. (2003), MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher.

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 3 + 3) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a): § "Old English morphology" (pp. 94-106).
• Practice work: MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Week 6: Old English Syntax: cases and inflections, tense and mood, word- and element- order (phrase and clause levels), inversion, anticipation, recapitulation, splitting of phrases, coordination, subordination, impersonal constructions. 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 21:      Theory.      Syntax i.
• Lesson 22:      Theory.      Syntax ii.
• Lesson 23:      Theory.      Syntax iii.
• Lesson 24:      Practice. Translation and analysis of short texts from DE LA CRUZ FERNÁNDEZ et al. (2003), MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 2 + 4) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work: MILLWARD (1996b), SMITH (1896) & material provided by the teacher.

Week 7: Old English Lexis: word-formation processes (compounding, affixation, derivation), native   vs foreign vocabulary 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 25:      Theory.   Lexis.
• Lesson 26:      Practice: lexis. MILLWARD (1996b).
• Lesson 27:      Practice: Introduction to Old English texts. Translation and analysis of short texts: DE LA CRUZ FERNÁNDEZ et al. (2003), MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher.
• Lesson 28:      Practice. Exam conventions: use of conventions and academic English for definitions, referencing, examples... 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 2 + 4) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a)
• Practice work: Further work on short OE texts (translation and analysis). 

Week 8: Practice with Old English prose texts 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 29:      Practice.      Revision and application of theory contents i. Translation and analysis of an excerpt from the  biblical passage of   Abraham and Isaac ("Gen 22" in   Dictionary of Old English Corpus on CD-  ROM (Healey et al. 2011), from S.J. Crawford,   The Old English Version of the Heptateuch, pp. 81-211 in EETS original series 160, London: Early English Text Society, 1922; reprinted with additions by N.R. Ker, 1969; London, British Library, MS. Cotton Claudius B.IV).
• Lesson 30:      Practice.     Revision and application of theory contents ii. Translation and analysis of  excerpts from   Monasterialia Indicia. ("Notes 2 (Kluge)" in the   Dictionary of Old English Corpus on CD  -  ROM (Healey et al. 2011), from F. Kluge, 1985. "Zur Geschichte der Zeichensprache: Angelsächsische Indicia Monasterialia",    Techmers internationale Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 2: pp. 116-137; London, British Library, MS. Tiberius A.III.)
• Lesson 31:      Practice.     Revision and application of theory contents iii. Translation and analysis of of an excerpt from   King Alfred's Letter to Wærferth or "Preface" to Gregory the Great's  Cura Pastoralis. ("CPLetWærf" in the   Dictionary of Old English Corpus on CD-ROM (Healey et al. 2011), from H. Sweet, 1871.    King Alfred's West   -   Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care, I & II, pp. 3-9 in EETS original series 45, 50, London: Early English Text Society. Reprinted in 1958; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Hatton 88.)
• Lesson 32:      Practice.     Revision and application of theory contents iv. Further practice with any of the above texts. 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 2 + 4) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a)
• Practice work: Further practice with any of the above text excerpts: morphological, syntactical and lexical analysis. 

Unit 4 -  Middle English (Internal History)  

Week 9: Middle English phonology: vocalic and consonantal changes from OE to ME, losses and additions to the phonemic system, graphemic system 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 33:      Theory. Phonology: Vowels.
• Lesson 34:      Theory. Phonology ii: Vowels, diphthongs and consonants.
• Lesson 35:      Practice. Exercises from FREEBORN (1992).
• Lesson 36:      Practice. Exercises from FREEBORN (1992). 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 4 + 2) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher.

Week 10: Middle English morphology: phonetic evolution and analogical changes in nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs. 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 37:      Theory. Nominal morphology.
• Lesson 38:      Theory. Adjetives and pronouns.
• Lesson 39:      Theory. Verbal morphology.
• Lesson 40:      Practice. CRYSTAL (2004): "Interlude 5" (pp. 117-120),  "Two Peterborough Chronicles" (analysis of the entry for 1123 and that for 1134, written in 1154). 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 4 + 2) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a). 
• Practice work NIELSEN (1998) & material provided by the teacher.

Week 11: Middle English syntax & lexis 

Class time (4 hours) 

1. Lesson 41:      Theory.   Syntax i.
2. Lesson 42:      Theory.   Syntax ii. .
3. Lesson 43:      Theory.   Lexis.
4. Lesson 44:      Practice. Analsysis and translation of excerpts from  Chaucer's "The Parsons Tale", as edited in FREEBORN (1992: p. 99). 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 3 + 3) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Week 12: Practice with Middle English texts in different dialects. 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 45:   Practice.   Middle English dialects. FREEBORN (1998).
• Lesson 46:   Practice. Translation and analysis of excerpts from Dan Michel's     Ayenbite of Inwyt   (1340) (Kentish ME): Texts 53 & 54 in FREEBORN (1988: pp. 173 & 176).
• Lesson 47:   Practice. Translation and analysis of excerpts from John of Trevisa's translation of  Ranulph Higden's  Polychronicon (1385) (South Western ME): ALGEO (1993: pp. 171-173).
• Lesson 48:      Practice. Translation and analysis of an excerpt from the     Mercers' Petition to Parliament (1385) (London ME) in MOSSÉ (1959, vol. II: 323-325). 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 2 + 4) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work Further work on above-listed texts. MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Unit 5 -  Modern English (Internal History) 

Week 13: Early Modern English Phonology, Morphology and Syntax 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 49:      Theory.   Phonology.  
• Lesson 50:      Theory.   Morphology.
• Lesson 51:      Theory.    Syntax.
• Lesson 52:      Practice. Translation and analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis) of a letter from the   Paston Letters (East Midlands dialect, 1442-1509): from Margaret Paston to her husband John on 19th May 1448 (RIGG (1968), chap. XXXII, pp. 211-214; text reproduced from N. Davis,   Paston Letters, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958, pp. 7-9). 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 3 + 3) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work. MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Weeks  14 & 15: Modern English: lexis and practice 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 53:      Theory.   Lexis.
• Lesson 54:      Practice. Translation and analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis) of an excerpt from  Caxton's "Preface" to the   Eneydos (1490), in ALGEO (1993: 198, from W. T. Culley and F. J. Furnivall (eds.),   Caxton's Eneydos, 1490, London: EETS ES 57, 1890.
• Lesson 55:      Practice. Translation and analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis) of a letter from the   Harley Letters   (1638-1643), in BURNLEY (1992: 256-258), from Brilliana Harley to her son Edward Harley (19th July 1642).
• Lesson 56:      Practice with Modern English. Translation and analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax and lexis) of selected  exerpts from Shakespeare's plays. 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 2 + 4) 

• Reading: MILLWARD (1996a).
• Practice work. MILLWARD (1996b) & material provided by the teacher. 

Week 16: Content revision & glossary follow-up week 

Class time (4 hours) 

• Lesson 57:      Theory.      Old English &   Diachronic Phonology.
• Lesson 58:      Theory.      Middle English &   Diachronic Morphology.
• Lesson 59:      Theory.      Modern English &    Diachronic Syntax..
• Lesson 60:      Practice.      Glossary. Checking definitions and examples. Contents and style. 

Autonomous work  (6 hours: 3 + 2) 

• Reading: Selected sections from chapters 10 & 11 of WILLIAMS (1975 , from chapter 3 of FISCHER & VAN DER WURFF (in Hogg & Denison 2006).
• Practice work. CULPEPER (1997).   

4 hours of contact-classes for the whole group. The number of theory and practice classes per week will change through the semester. The practice component -exercises, translation and text analyses- is substantial. See the section called "Detailed contents" ("Contenidos desarrollados"). The activities and tasks will be based on those in the practice book (see the section called "Basic bibliography" ("Bibliografía básica")) and on those in other manuals (see the section called "Complementary bigliography" ("Bibiiografía complementaria")).

Students are expected to upload material into their porfolios (on the virtual platform "Docencia Virtual"). This material will consist of all the practical activities and tasks, both those done in class and those done in autonomous work time. The teacher will check the portfolios regularly in order to follow up the students' participation, interest and performance in the course.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

Assessment of the students' achievements will be bases on the following aspects:

1. Regular attedance to both theory and practice lessons, participation in class, control of reading, translation and exercise assignments: teacher's notes; (5%). Porfolio follow-up; (15%).

2. Final written exam of the whole contents. It will include theory (internal and external history), exercises and translation; (80%).

In extraordinary exam sessions, the final grade awarded will be based exclusively on the mark obtained in the final exam, which increases its weight to 100%.