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(ENL428) -  Νικόλαος Λαβίδας

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January-February exams [For degree-pending students]:  please email me (nlavidas  at   enl.uoa.gr)  if you have decided to submit an essay or further assignments for your January-February exams. Deadline of the essay/ assignment:   February 7.  https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/work/index.php?course=ENL428&id=64670

 

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[Thursdays, starting at 18:15]   Amphitheater 425   [only one short break/pause  [so, we can have a short, interesting, fast, interactive class]

 

 

 >To register, please follow the option:  "Course registration user request"

:-) For history of English in 10 minutes, click on:

The History of English in 10 minutes [video]

 

>>>And please reply the Student expectations questionnaire (anonymous questionnaire)

 

The course examines the processes of emergence of today’s English and introduces students to the major key elements of the History of English: origins, development, changes in grammar and meaning, emergence of the different varieties of English. The course describes the development of English from its distant roots in Proto-Indo European up to the present day. In particular, it explores the main characteristics of Old and Middle English. Moreover, it discusses in detail the effects of the external history of the speech community on the language.

Topics: (i) Pre-Old English; (ii) Old English; (iii) Language Contact: Viking Invasions - the Scandinavian Influence; (iv) Language Contact: Norman Conquest; (v) Middle English; (vi) Early Modern English; (vii) Late Modern English; (viii) Development of Standard English; (ix) Nineteenth Century; (x) Spread of English; (xi) Recent Developments.

Learning outcomes and competences: an ability to analyze spelling, vocabulary and structures from different centuries in order to identify and describe linguistic properties and developments in different stages of the English language; an ability to examine linguistically original passages in Old, Middle and Early Modern English and to analyze texts as evidence for historical change and variation.

The course is offered in the form of lectures but also enables practical work in class and dialogue. Teaching materials include selected book chapters and articles. All study materials are uploaded on e-class. Students are evaluated in terms of an end-of-term exam and optional assignments.  

 

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--> On Assessment:

 

Option 1: optional assignments only or essay only

        (i) optional assignments: quizzes+class readings+presentation+critical reviews [some or all optional assignments]

or:   (ii)    supervised essay  [απαλλακτική]

or:   (iii)   essay+any of the optional assignments[απαλλακτική]

 

Option 2: a combination of final exam and optional assignments

 

Option 3: final exam only

 

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Book from "EUDOXOS": 

A translation of McMahon' book:

Ιστορική Γλωσσολογία. Η Θεωρία της Γλωσσικής Μεταβολής

Eudoxos code: 24151

ISBN: 978-960-375-831-0 

McMahon April M. S. Understanding Language Change

 

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Please email me <nlavidas@enl.uoa.gr> any questions you may have on:

---the structure of the course

---optional assignments

---exam readings (chapters important for the exams)

---assignments that replace the final exam paper

---quizzes and videos 

 

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Τρίτη 20 Φεβρουαρίου 2018