HISTORIA DE LA LENGUA INGLESA I GUÍA DOCENTE 1. DATOS GENERALES DE LA ASIGNATURA ASIGNATURA: Historia de la Lengua Inglesa I CÓDIGO: CARÁCTER: Asignatura Obligatoria (OB) CENTRO: Facultad de Letras de Ciudad Real GRADO: Estudios Ingleses / Lenguas Modernas, Curso 2010-2011 RAMA DE CONOCIMIENTO: Artes y Humanidades CRÉDITOS ECTS: 6 CURSO: 2º SEMESTRE: 2º LENGUA EN QUE SE IMPARTIRÁ: inglés USO DOCENTE DE OTRAS LENGUAS (sólo si es relevante): PROFESORADO QUE LA IMPARTE NOMBRE/S: Javier E. Díaz Vera e-mail: JavierEnrique.Diaz@uclm.es DEPARTAMENTO: Filología Moderna DESPACHO: 214 HORARIO DE ATENCIÓN AL ALUMNO: Se fijará al inicio del curso. JUSTIFICACIÓN EN EL PLAN DE ESTUDIOS, RELACIÓN CON OTRAS ASIGNATURAS Y CON LA PROFESIÓN La asignatura desarrolla los contenidos de la materia básica Lengua y Linqüística Inglesas del grado en Estudios Ingleses / Lenguas Modernas de la UCLM. Para la relación detallada con otras asignaturas del presente título y la actividad profesional remitimos a la correspondiente memoria del grado en Estudios Ingleses / Lenguas Modernas de la UCLM. 1
2. REQUISITOS PREVIOS No hay requisitos previos. 3. COMPETENCIAS DE LA TITULACIÓN QUE LA ASIGNATURA CONTRIBUYE A ALCANZAR (consultar Proyecto de Título e incluir aquí sólo las trabajadas específicamente - y, por tanto, evaluables-, en esta asignatura) Key Transferable Skills: A capacity to analyse and synthesize A capacity to work in groups Ability to work independently A capacity for independent thought and judgement, and ability to assess the critical ideas of others An ability to handle information and argument in a critical manner, and have a self-critical approach to their own writing An appreciation of the uniqueness of other cultures Subject-specific Skills: A command of a broad range of vocabulary and critical terminology specific to the historical linguistics Critical skills in the close reading and analysis of selected texts A sufficient knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary of Old English Ability to carry out linguistic analysis and commentary from a comparativehistorical perspective An ability to produce either a written or oral response to the literature under study, which is articulate, analytical, well-argued and well-researched. An ability to critically judge and evaluate existing scholarship in the field with a view to identifying research topics for further study Objectives: 4. OBJETIVOS O RESULTADOS ESPERADOS To introduce students to the language and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period To study the linguistic evolution of the English language To enable students to recognize and describe processes of linguistic variation and change On completion of this subject the student will: Have developed the skills outlined opposite Have learnt the basic principles of English historical linguistics Have acquired a knowledge and understanding of Old English Have completed a discursive, academic essay on a given topic 2
5. TEMARIO / CONTENIDOS I. LANGUAGE VARIATION AND CHANGE 1. Analyzing linguistic variation and change 2. Linguistic reconstruction 3. Why do languages change? II. LANGUAGE FAMILIES 1. Linguistic relationships 1.1. The family-tree model 1.2. The wave model 2. Protolanguage: 2.1. Proto-Indoeuropean 3. The Germanic family of languages 3.1. Origins and dialectal distribution 3.2. The place of English III. HISTORICAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF ENGLISH 1. England before the Anglo-Saxons 2. Anglo-Saxon England 3. Norman England 4. The Middle English period 5. Towards an English standard 6. The British Empire 7. English as a world language IV. THE FORMATION OF OLD ENGLISH 1: PHONOLOGY 1. Principles of diachronic phonology 2. Pre-historic English 3. Dialectal fragmentation 4. The phonological system of Old English 3
V. THE FORMATION OF OLD ENGLISH 2: MORPHOSYNTAX 1. Inflective, agglutinative and isolating languages 2. The morphology of Ide: An overview 3. Nominal morphology of Old English 3.1. Strong nouns 3.2. Weak nous 3.3. Athematic nouns 3.4. Minor classes 3.5. Pronouns 3.6. Adjectives: strong and weak 3.7. Adverbs 4. Verbal morphology of Old English 4.1. Strong verbs 4.2. Weak verbs 4.3. Preterite-present verbs 4.4. Irregular verbs 5. Old English syntax: Selected topics 5.1. Case assignment 5.2. Word order 5.3. Some clause types 5.4. Prepositons and postpositions VI. THE FORMATION OF OLD ENGLISH 3: VOCABULARY 6.1. Inherited vocabulary 6.2. Lexical borrowing 6.3. Lexical derivation 6.4. Semantic change: metaphor and metonymy 4
6 y 7. ACTIVIDADES O BLOQUES DE ACTIVIDAD Y METODOLOGÍA CON SU CARGA EN HORAS DE TRABAJO PARA ALUMNO Y PROFESOR Y SU VALORACIÓN Actividades Tiempo de actividad presencial (Profesor y Alumno) Tiempo de actividad autónoma (Alumno) Tiempo total Valoración en nota final Clase teórica: impartición de contenidos teóricos 18 18 36 Attendance and Participation 5% Clase práctica (resolución de problemas y ejercicios, asignación y comentarios de lecturas) 18 18 36 Attendance and Participation 5% Lecturas: 40 40 Presentación trabajo escrito: 12 24 36 30% Sesiones de evaluación 2 2 60% TOTAL 50 horas 100 horas 150 horas 100% 6 CRÉDITOS ECTS 5
8. CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN In order to pass this subject the student must attend and actively participate in 80% of the lectures and practical classes, complete a 1500 word essay on a given topic, and pass the end of year exam. 9. CRONOGRAMA / CALENDARIO Duración del curso: 15 semanas (4 horas disponibles en el aula por semana) = 60 horas: Semana 1 Presentación 1h. Semana 2 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4 h. Semana 3 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4 h. Clases Teórico-Prácticas 2h. Reading 1 1h Semana 4 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 3h. Semana 5 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4 h. Semana 6 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4 h. Reading 2 1h Semana 7 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 3h. Reading 3 1h Semana 8 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4h. Semana 9 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 3h. Reading 4 1h Semana 10 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4 h. Semana 11 Clases Teórico-Prácticas 4 h. Semana 12 Oral presentations 4 h. Semana 13 Oral presentations 4 h. Semana 14 Oral presentations 4 h. Semana 15 Exam revision 6
10. BIBLIOGRAFÍA, RECURSOS Basic readings: Baugh, A.C. & T. Cable. 1994. A History of the English Language. London: Routledge. Fischer, Olga. 2000. The Syntax of early English. Cambridge: CUP. Lass, Roger. 1994. Old English: A historical-linguistic Companion. Cambridge: CUP. References: INTRODUCCIÓN A LA LINGÜÍSTICA HISTÓRICA Y AL CAMBIO LINGÜÍSTICO Aitchinson, J. 1992. Language Change: Progress or Decay? Cambridge, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Bynon, Theodora. 1981. Lingüística histórica. Madrid: Gredos. Campbell, L. 1998. Historical Linguistics. An Introduction. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. Crowley, T. 1998. An Introduction to Historical Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hock, H.H, and D.J. Brian. 1996. Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship: an Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics. Trends in Linguistics, 93. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Jeffers, R.J. & I. Lehiste. 1982. Principles and Methods for Historical Linguistics. Cambridge & London: The MIT Press. Lass, R. 1997. Historical Linguistics and Language Change. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 81. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Lehmann, W.P. 1992. Historical Linguistics. Third Edition. London and New York: Routledge. (Edición en español: Introducción a la lingüística histórica. Traducción de Pilar Gómez Bedat. Madrid: Gredos, 1969). Núñez, Salvador, 1993. Lenguaje e historia. Barcelona: Octaedro. Tejada Caller, P. 1999. El cambio lingüístico. Claves para interpretar la lengua inglesa. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, S.A. Trask, R.L. 1994. Language Change. London & New York: Routledge. HISTORIA EXTERNA Fennell, B.A. 2004. A History of English: a Sociolinguistic Approach. Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics, 17. Malden: Blackwell. Fernández, F. 1998- A History of English. Notes on External History. Valencia: Albatros. Fisiak, J. 1995. An Outline History of English. Volume One: External History. Póznan: Kantor Wydawniczy Saww. Graddol, D., D. Leith & J. Swann. 2001. English: History, Diversity and Change. London: Routledge, 2001. Knowles, Gerry. 1997. A Cultural History of the English Language. London, etc.: Arnold. 7
Leith, D. 1983. A Social History of English. London, Boston, Melbourne & Henley: Routledge & Kegan Paul. McCrum, Rober. 1987. The Story of English. London: Faber & Faber and BBC Books. Mitchell, B. 1995. An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell. MANUALES DE INGLÉS ANTIGUO Baker, P. 2003. Introduction to Old English. Malden, Oxford & Victoria: Blackwell. Blakeley, L. 1964. Old English. London: The English Universities Press Ltd. Campbell, A. 1959. Old English Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hogg, R.M. 1992. A Grammar of Old English. Volume 1: Phonology. Oxford, UK and Cambridge, USA: Blackwell. Hogg, R.M. 2002. An Introduction to Old English. Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Kispert, R.J. 1971. Old English. An Introduction. New York, etc.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Lass, R. & J.M. Anderson. 1975. Old English Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Magennis, H. 1990. Discovering Old English. Guided Readings. Belfast: Ultonian Press. McCully, C. & Hilles, S. 2005. The Earliest English. An Introduction to the Old English Language. Harlow, England & New York : Pearson & Longman. Mitchell, B. & F.C. Robinson. 1992. A Guide to Old English. Oxford & Cambridge (US): Blackwell. Nielsen, H. F. 1998. The Continental Background of English and its Insular Development until 1154. Odense: Odense University Press. DICCIONARIOS Barney, S.A. 1985. Word-Hoard: An Introduction to Old English Vocabulary. New Haven: Yale University Press. Bosworth, J. & T.N. Toller. 1921 [1898] An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Hall, C. 1993. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press. Roberts, J. & C. Kay with L. Grundy. 2000. A Thesaurus of Old English. Two volumes. Amsterdam: Rodopi. Sweet, H. 1985. The Student s Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Recursos en Internet <http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/users/sdk13/asindex.html#links> 8