WEEK 1
- Presentation of the course.
- English and the Indo-European family; successive invasions and
settlements in Britain. Introduction to the notion of language contact
(to be continued).
ASSIGNMENT:
Browse and compare some standard handbooks on the history of English,
limiting your analysis to the portions presenting the background
notions (the
place of English in the Indo-European family, migrations and
settlements). Recommended works:
The
Origins and Development of the English Language, by John
Algeo and Thomas Pyles. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace &
Company. 1964, 1971, 1982, 1993.
A history of the English language,
by
Albert
C. Baugh and Thomas Cable. London: Routledge. 1951, 1959,1978,
1993.
A history of the English language,
by
Elly
van Gelderen. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 2006.