Guia docente 2017_18 Facultade de Filoloxía e Tradución

Contenidos

Tema	Subtema
1. Studying the history of English.	Historical linguistics. Methods, materials and limitations. Historical background. Language change. Transition from OE to ME.
2. English and its Germanic background.	The PIE and Germanic roots of English. Cognates and loan words. Sound laws.
2. Orthography in Old and Middle English.	OE spelling and sounds. ME spelling and sounds. Notes on handwriting.
4. Morphology in Old and Middle English.	Nouns. Adjectives. Pronouns. Verbs.
5. Morphology from Old English to Middle English.	Loss of inflection. Pronouns. Nouns. Demonstratives. Adjectives. Verbs.
5. Syntax in Old and Middle English.	Word order. Relatives. Negation. Noun Phrase. Verb Phrase.
8. Phonology from Old to early Modern English.	From OE to ME. Vowels. Consonants. Great Vowel Shift. Evidence of early phonology.
7. Dialects in Old and Middle English.	OE dialects. ME dialectal variation: orthography, phonology, morphology.