English History Course Summary

English History, 2014

Full-Time Students

Lecturer: Nataliya A. Savelyeva

English Philology Department

(Room: 1-106)

English History Course Summary

History of the English language is one of the fundamental courses forming the linguistic background of a specialist in philology. It studies the main events in the historical development of the English language.

The aim of the course is to have a close look at the major stages of the development of the English language from its earliest forms to the present, to trace the influence of various linguistic and extralinguistic factors on the development of the English language and changes in sounds, orthography, vocabulary, morphology and syntax throughout its development.

Course prerequisites: Introduction to General Linguistics, Latin, Theoretical Phonetics of the English Language, English Lexicology, Theoretical Grammar of the English Language, and Practical Courses in Grammar and Phonetics of the English Language.

The course consists of 7 lectures and 5 seminars. To pass the course students MUST attend lectures, take part in discussions at seminars, do the tasks suggested for individual work (write a report, answer the questions to one of the chapters from an audiobook on the history of the English language The Common Tongue and the questions to video materials, write progress tests and module tests successfully).

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