Department of English
Course Title: 0501 Phonetics and Phonology
Course Description
This lecture surveys the sounds of English, primarily those of British and American. We will focus on the articulation of English sounds, including speech organs and the production of vowels and consonants, as well as the system used for the phonetic description of speech sounds, the International Phonetic Alphabet IPA. We will also have a look at phonemes, the smallest sound units of a language, and the distribution of their variants. Another unit will deal with phenomena of connected speech, such as the mutual influence between neighbouring sounds, word stress and intonation. Students will also learn to read and transcribe spoken English using the IPA transcription.
Course book: Lorenz, Frank. 2013. Basics of phonetics & English phonology. With IPA transcription. 2nd. ed. Berlin: Logos Verlag.
Faculty
Faculty of Languages, Literature, Culture
Institute
English Department
Lecturer
Magnus Huber
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
11/04/22-15/07/22
Mode and Time
Asynchronous
Online Tool for Teaching
ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master of English
Prerequisites
Introduction to english linguistics; Sufficient English skills
ECTS
2
Course Title: 0502 Modernist Poetry and Poetics
Course Description
This is an introductory seminar to modernism, its poetry and its poetics. In this class, students are introduced to a diverse range of poems and poetic forms, using modernist poetry as a focus point and example. A reader with texts will be provided through StudIP at the beginning of term.
Faculty
Faculty of Languages, Literature, Culture
Institute
English Department
Lecturer
Dr. Andrea Rummel
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
11/04/22-15/07/22
Mode and Time
Synchronous, Time (CET): Tuesdays 12:00-14:00
Online Tool for Teaching
Webex
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master of English Studies
Prerequisites
English C1
ECTS
5
Course Title: 0505 History of the English Language
Course Description
The study of the history of the English language offers highly relevant insights into how the language has changed over the course of the centuries and into how the English language is structured and functions all around the world today. Therefore, we will pay particular attention to the different periods in the history of the English language, i.e. Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English and Present-day English, in order to follow the structural changes on the levels of phonology, lexis, syntax and semantics that have led to the English language as we use it today.
Faculty
Faculty of Languages, Literature, Culture
Institute
English Department
Lecturer
Dr. Barbara Ann Güldenring
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
11/04/22-15/07/22
Mode and Time
Asynchronous
Online Tool for Teaching
StudIP, ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master
Prerequisites
English B2
ECTS
5
Course Title: 0506 History of the English Language
Course Description
The study of the history of the English language offers highly relevant insights into how the language has changed over the course of the centuries and into how the English language is structured and functions all around the world today. Therefore, we will pay particular attention to the different periods in the history of the English language, i.e. Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English and Present-day English, in order to follow the structural changes on the levels of phonology, lexis, syntax and semantics that have led to the English language as we use it today.
Faculty
Faculty of Languages, Literature, Culture
Institute
English Department
Lecturer
Dr. Barbara Ann Güldenring
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
11/04/22-15/07/22
Mode and Time
Asynchronous
Online Tool for Teaching
StudIP, ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master
Prerequisites
English B2
ECTS
5
Course Title: 0513 Early Modern Science from a Literary Perspective
Course Description
The seminar will focus on some of the most well-known texts by early modern playwrights, poets and natural philosophers (Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Shadwell, Margaret Cavendish and others) in order to explore the cultural impact of the New Science, its utopian implications, the use of rhetorical strategies and poetic imagery on both 'sides' (- even though there is no clear dividing line between 'literary' and 'scientific' writing in the 17th century), and their contextual framework.
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Faculty
Faculty of Languages, Literature, Culture
Institute
English Department
Lecturer
PD Dr. Martina Mittag
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
11/04/22-15/07/22
29/04/2022, 14:00-17:00
15-17/06/2022, 10:00-18:00
Mode and Time
Synchronous
Online Tool for Teaching
Webex
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master
Prerequisites
ECTS
5