Guia Academica - Facultad de Filología - Universidad de Salamanca

399 FACULTAD DE FILOLOGÍA GUÍA ACADÉMICA 2009-2010
14963-DIALECTOLOGÍA EN LENGUA INGLESA
Asignatura Optativa. Segundo Semestre. 6 créditos
Profa. Fuencisla García Bermejo
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The main purpose of the course is to acquaint students with some of the major aspects of Modern English Dialects in order to widen their understanding
of Present-Day English. The course will be based on the theoretical and practical notions that students have learnt in other courses, such
as English Phonetics and Phonology, History of the English Language, English Grammar, etc. The object of study in those courses was mainly the
dialect of British English known as R.P. or Standard British English or Queen’s English. We will be studying similar aspects of other varieties of English
starting at the end of the 18th c. Attention will be paid also to the cultural, sociological and historical aspects of the subject.
Class time will be devoted to the following aspects:
1. A theoretical approach to Dialectology in general and to English Dialects in their Sociological, Phonological, Morphological and Syntactical
aspects.
2. A practical approach consisting of linguistic analysis of selected texts, both written and oral.
Students will be provided with a booklet containing the relevant material to be used during the course, plus additional bibliographic information.
EVALUATION
One major exam will be held at the end of the semester (February). The final examination will consist of the following parts:
1. A theoretical paper on the programme.
2. A practical paper consisting of linguistic analysis and identification of texts.
Both parts of the exam will have to be passed independently to pass the exam. Students will be allowed to revise their exams immediately after
they have been graded.
COURSE OUTLINE
1. Dialectology, an introduction. What is a language, what is a dialect?. Dialects and Accents. Basic notions: Idiolects, Isoglosses, Transition
areas, Focal areas, etc. Linguistic Geography. Linguistic Cartography.
2. The Main British English Regional Varieties. Rural dialects and Urban Dialects. Sociolinguistics and Dialectology. Class Dialects, Idiolects,
Registers, Slang.
3. Dialect Studies in England. Origins: Alexander Gil, John Ray, William Humphrey Marshall, etc.. The Nineteenth Century: A. J. Ellis, W.W.
Skeat, H.I.H. Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Thomas Hallam, etc. The English Dialect Society. Joseph Wright and The English Dialect Dictionary. The
Twentieth Century: Harold Orton and The Survey of English Dialects. New Methods, New Goals in the third millenium.
4. The North of England. Phonological, Morhological and Syntactic Characteristics. The West Midlands Phonological, Morhological and Syntactic
Characteristics.. The East Midlands. Phonological, Morhological and Syntactic Characteristics. The South. Phonological, Morhological and Syntactic
Characteristics.
5. English World Wide.
6. American English Dialects.
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Blake, N. F. 1981. Non-Standard Language in English Literature. London: André Deutsch.
Chambers, J.& P. Trudgill. 1980. Dialectogy. Cambridge: U.P.
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