Last Update: April 20, 2005
ENG 590: HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Linguistics Section, Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus
http://www.punksinscience.org/kleanthes/courses/UCY05S/HOTEL
PRESENTATIONS
In the first two classes, we will partition the class members into presentation groups. The topic for each presentation must be decided by February 10. But note that two topics should already be presented the week after (FEB 17)! Then we will set up the more detailed schedule, namely which presentations will fill which presentation-slot from the sylllabus. See NEWS-Page for update [FEB 17].
All in all there will be ten presentations this semester with between three and five collaborators:
| FEB 17 | EXTERNAL FACTORS OF THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD |
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| FEB 17 | AMERICAN ENGLISH |
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| MAR 17 | THE INFLUENCE OF INVASIONS ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
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| MAR 17 | PRONUNCIATION AND VOCABULARY OF MIDDLE ENGLISH |
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| APR 7 | PIDGINS AND CREOLES |
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| APR 7 | THE MAJOR ENGLISH DIALECTS THAT DERIVED FROM BRITISH COLONIALISM |
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| APR 20 | MAIN FACTORS IN THE EMERGENCE OF STANDARD BRITISH ENGLISH |
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| APR 20 | EXTERNAL FACTORS OF THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH PERIOD |
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| APR 20 | 16TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS: PRINTING PRESS, LEGAL TEXTS AND RELIGION |
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| APR 21 | INTERNATIONAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH |
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