Middle English Phonology. Quantitative and Qualitative Changes of Stressed and Unstressed Vowels. Changes within the System of Consonants
IV. ПЛАНИ СЕМІНАРСЬКИХ ЗАНЯТЬ
Seminar 1 The English Language and its Origin. The Old English Period.
1. Periodization of the history of the English language
2. Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians: their original home and migration to the British Isles. Old English Heptarchy.
3. The Coming of Christianity and Literacy. Old English dialects and literary monuments.
4. Scandinavian invasion and its linguistic consequences.
5. Old English Vocabulary.
6. Old English Alphabet and Pronunciation (rules of reading).
Recommended Literature
Obligatory
7. Lectures on the theme.
8. Ilyish, В.A. History of the English Language: учебник / Ilyish, В.A. – Leningrad: Prosvesheniye, 1973. P. 40-43.
9. Практикум по истории английского языка / Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. – М., 1985.
10. Verba L. History of the English Language. – Vinnytsia, Nova Knyha, 2012. – P.13-24
Additional
11. Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. – М.: Высш. шк., 1983. and other editions Chapters 5 - 7.
12. Studenets G.I.History of the English Language in Tables. – K., 1998.Tables 26-30
Seminar 2
Old English Phonology. Main Features and the Changes.
1. Word Accent in OE.
2. Indo- European, Common Germanic and Old English Vowel Systems Compared.
3. Development of Stressed Vowels in Old English:
1) the process of i-umlaut;
2) breaking;
3) diphthongization due to initial consonants;
4) back mutation;
5) contraction.
4. Quantitative Changes of Vowels in OE.
5. Development of Vowels in Unstressed Positions.
6. The System of Consonants in OE.
7. Development of Consonants in OE: splitting of velar consonants: loss of consonants; metathesis.
8. Shortening of Consonants.
Recommended Literature
Obligatory
1. Lectures on the theme.
2. Verba, L. History of the English language = Історія англійської мови : Посібник для вузів / L. Verba; Ed.by E.F. Riccio . – Вінниця : Нова Нова книга, 2006. – P.30-38.
3. Ilyish, В.A. History of the English Language: учебник / Ilyish, В.A. – Leningrad: Prosvesheniye, 1973. P. 44-53.
4. Практикум по истории английского языка / Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. – М., 1985.
Theory – Lesson 2, pp.17-25
Texts for analysis – Text 2 (p.19)
Assignments 1-5 (p. 19), 1-11 (p. 24-25)
Additional
5. Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. – М.: Высш. шк., 1983. – P. 74-83; 88-91.
6. Studenets G.I.History of the English Language in Tables. – K., 1998.Tables 30-39
Seminar 3
Old English Grammar. Nominal Parts of Speech.
1. General Characteristics of OE Grammar.
2. The Noun. Its Grammatical Categories: gender; number; case.
3. Noun Declensions: vowel – consonantal; strong – weak; root declension.
4. Morphological Categories of the Adjective: case; number; gender.
5. Strong and Weak Declensions of Adjectives. Degrees of Comparison.
6. The Pronoun in OE. Personal Pronouns and Their Categories. Demonstrative Pronouns: their groups and categories. Other Classes of Pronouns in OE.
7. The Numeral. Kinds of Numerals and Ways of their Formation.
Recommended Literature
Obligatory
1. Lectures on the theme.
2. Verba, L. History of the English language = Історія англійської мови : Посібник для вузів / L. Verba; Ed.by E.F. Riccio . – Вінниця : Нова Нова книга, 2006. – P.38-56; 58-61.
3. Ilyish, В.A. History of the English Language: учебник / Ilyish, В.A. – Leningrad: Prosvesheniye, 1973. P. 63-86.
4. Практикум по истории английского языка / Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. – М., 1985.
Theory – Lessons 3-4, pp.26-40
Texts for analysis – Text 3 (p.28)
Assignments 1-3, 6 (p. 34), 1-4 (p. 39), Les. 3-4
Additional
5. Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. – М.: Высш. шк., 1983. – P. 92-108.
6. Studenets G.I.History of the English Language in Tables. – K., 1998.Tables 40-44
Seminar 4
Old English Grammar. The Verb. Morphological Classes of Verbs. Verb Conjugation. Non-finite Forms in Old English.
1. OE Ablaut (compared with IE and CG).
2. Morphological Classification of OE Verbs.
3. Strong Verbs. The First Five Classes of Strong Verbs.
4. The Sixth and Seventh Classes of Strong Verbs.
5. Weak Verbs in OE. Their Classes.
6. Main Grammatical Categories of OE Verbs.
7. Preterite-Present Verbs in OE. Their Specific Features.
8. Anomalous Verbs in OE. Their Paradigms.
9. Conjugation of Verbs in OE. Basic Forms.
10. Non-finite Forms in OE.
11. The Adverb in OE.
Recommended Literature
Obligatory
1. Lectures on the theme.
2. Verba, L. History of the English language = Історія англійської мови : Посібник для вузів / L. Verba; Ed.by E.F. Riccio . – Вінниця : Нова Нова книга, 2006. – P.61-86.
3. Ilyish, В.A. History of the English Language: учебник / Ilyish, В.A. – Leningrad: Prosvesheniye, 1973. P. 87-99; 100-110.
4. Практикум по истории английского языка / Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. – М., 1985.
Theory – Lessons 5-7, pp.40-60
Texts for analysis – Text 6 (p.41)
Assignments 1, 3, 4 (p. 42), 5-9 (p. 50), 1-10 (p. 53)
Additional
5. Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. – М.: Высш. шк., 1983. – P. 108-124.
6. Studenets G.I.History of the English Language in Tables. – K., 1998.Tables 45-53; 103-105
Seminar 5
Middle English Phonology. Quantitative and Qualitative Changes of Stressed and Unstressed Vowels. Changes within the System of Consonants.
1. ME Vowel System as Compared with OE.
2. Qualitative Changes within the Set of Stressed Vowels in ME. Dialect Differences of some Vowels.
3. Qualitative Changes of Stressed Vowels in ME. Leveling of ME Vowels: lengthening and shortening.
4. Reduction of Unstressed Vowels in ME.
5. Development of Diphthongs in ME.
a) monophthongization of OE diphthongs;
b) formation of new diphthongs in ME.
6. Main Changes within the System of Consonants in ME:
a) assibilation;
b) shortening of long consonants;
c) vocalization of consonants;
d) loss of initial ‘h’ before sonorants;
e) loss of ‘n’ in inflexions.
7. Spelling in ME.
Recommended Literature
Obligatory
1. Lectures on the theme.
2. Verba, L. History of the English language = Історія англійської мови : Посібник для вузів / L. Verba; Ed.by E.F. Riccio . – Вінниця : Нова Нова книга, 2006. – P.111-116.
3. Ilyish, В.A. History of the English Language: учебник / Ilyish, В.A. – Leningrad: Prosvesheniye, 1973. P. 142-144; 160-170.
4. Практикум по истории английского языка / Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. – М., 1985.
Theory – Lesson 10, pp.70-77
Texts for analysis – Text 12 (p.73)
Assignments 1 (p. 73), 2-12 (p. 74), 16 (p. 76), 1-3, 5-7 (p. 77)
Additional
5. Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. – М.: Высш. шк., 1983. – P. 149-163; 184-188.
6. Studenets G.I.History of the English Language in Tables. – K., 1998.Tables 65-74
Seminar 6