MEd. - Englisches Seminar - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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FACHWISSENSCHAFT FACHWISSENSCHAFTLICHES MODUL (Prüfungsrelevantes Modul mit Modulabschlussprüfung) LINGUISTIK Vorlesung 050 610 Meierkord Language Contact, Dialect Contact, and Language Change, 3 CP 2 st. mo 12-14 HGB 10 From its early days in the 5th century to the present day, English has undergone considerable change. Many changes resulted from extralinguistic events, such as the Viking settlements, the Norman conquest, or trade with the Dutch and other nations. These events led to language contact, as did the settlements of English speakers in the various colonies, where English came into contact with local languages. In the colonies, furthermore, speakers of different English dialects met and the ensuing dialect contact involved processes that eventually shaped the new dialects in the colonies. This series of lectures will look at the changes resulting from language contact and dialect contact from a theoretical as well as from a sociolinguistic perspective. We will describe the diverse ecologies and investigate the resulting developments in the English language empirically. To obtain credits, BA and MA students need to pass a final written exam. MA students are furthermore expected to summarise one of the lectures. Readings: Mesthrie, Rajend et. Al. (2009). Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Trudgill, Peter (2006). New Dialect Formation. The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
<strong>Seminar</strong>e 050 702 Meierkord English in (Popular) Culture, 5 CP 2 st. fr 10-12 GABF 04/414 Süd Being a major means of identity construction, language is shaped by a peoples’ culture. In this seminar, we will investigate the link between English and (popular) culture. In an initial theoretical part, we will look at the issue from sociolinguistic, anthropological, and cognitive linguistic perspectives. The seminar then focusses on two aspects: First, considering English in its many varieties, we will look at how the various cultural backgounds of its speakers are reflected in the lexicon but also in the grammar and discourse behaviours of these varieties. In a second cluster of sessions, we will examine how English is used in various forms of popular culture. Focusing on films and comics, we will examine how different Englishes and their speakers’ cultures are displayed in these and how the use of English in popular culture (dis)reflects realities. Readings will be made available on Blackboard before the course. Participants who sign up will be asked to select one variety as well as one film or comic that they will be working on during the empirical sessions. To obtain credits, students need to contribute to an expert or presentation group and to report on their data analyses (in the form of a report for 3CP and in a full term paper for 5CP). Topics will be allocated during the office hours, and students can sign up for these during the semester break. Suggested readings: Kövecses, Zoltán (2006). Language, Mind and Culture. Oxford: OUP. Palmer, Gary B. (1996). Toward a Theory of Cultural Linguistics. Austin: University of Texas Press. Risager, Karen (2006). Language and Culture: Global Flows and Local Complexity. Multilingual Matters. 050 703 Meierkord Learner Englishes, 5 CP 2 st. do 12-14 GABF 04/413 Süd All around the world, individuals are learning English. Their learning process involves a series of characteristics. For example, learners of English have been found to
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