An33200 Aspects of American English

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AN20113BA ASPECTS OF ENGLISH

Fall 2016 2nd Year Venue: Main II Time: 14-15.40 We Instructors: Dr. Bényei Tamás, Dr. Gula Marianna, Dr. Lieli Pál, Dr. Molnár Judit, Tóthné Dr. Espák Gabriella Coordinator: Dr. Csontos Pál Office Hours: 12-1 Mo & 2-3 Fr (Main 11 / DSS CB) e-mail: [email protected]

Required Texts: Lecture notes Recommended: Baugh, A.C., and T. Cable, eds. A History of the English Language. Routledge: London, 2002. Blair, David, and Peter Collins, eds. (2001) English in Australia. Varieties of English Around the World 26. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2001. Cronin, Michael. Translating Ireland: Translation, Language, Culture. Cork. Cork UP, 1996. Fee, Margery and Janice McAlpine. Guide to Canadian English Usage. Oxford: OUP, 2007. Saxena, Mukul, and Tope Omoniyi, eds. Contending with Globalization in World Englishes. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2010. Schneider, Edgar W. Postcolonial English: Varieties around the world. Cambridge: CAP, 2007. Trudgill, Peter. The Dialects of England. 2nd edn. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. “Varieties of English.” The Language Samples Project. Anthropology Dept., U of Arizona, 2001. http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/ Wells, John C. Accents of English 1. An Introduction. Cambridge: CUP, 1982. Wolfram, Walt, and Natalie Schilling-Estes. American English: Dialects and Variation. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1998. (web) http://www.pbs.org/speak/ http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/ http://eleaston.com/am-eng.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ29zDW9gLI&list=PL6303D94B68C71D1D ieas.unideb.hu/admin/file_3160.doc

Description: This lecture course sets out to survey the numerous varieties of the English language, focusing on such aspects as region, class and gender. It aims to discuss geopolitical divisions, pc language, gendered and minority specialities, as well as grammatical variations for class and ethnicity. The course contextualises the development of the various forms of the English language through the history of English, then deals with British English and its varieties (such as Cockney, Scottish, Irish, etc.), postcolonial formations, American English and its varieties, multicultural formations, Canadian English, Australian English, and the phenomenon of the globalisation of English. The course is team-taught, and it is concluded with a written exam.

Schedule of Lectures: Week 1 (9/21) Introduction, orientation. The mechanics of the course. Overview of schedule, evaluation and resources. Why study English? How many Englishes?

Week 2 (9/28) Euro-English and World-English

Week 3 (10/5) Historical overview of the development of English I

Week 4 (10/12) Historical overview of the development of English II

Week 5 (10/19) Postcolonial English(es)

Week 6 (10/26) Aspects of Australian English

(11/2) Consultation Week (no class)

Week 7 (11/9) The importance of slang in the evolution of English(es)

Week 8 (11/16) Divided by the same language (?): British English vs. American English

Week 9 (11/23) Aspects of American English

Week 10 (11/30) Aspects of British/Scottish English

Week 11 (12/7) Aspects of Irish-English

Week 12 (12/14) Aspects of Canadian English

Week 13 (12/21) Summary / Orientation for the exam