Middle English (P01373)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-ME-EL

This course involves study of aspects of English in the period 1100-1500. Topics will be variably selected from the following:

- study of selected texts from the early and late Middle English periods
- a history of ME orthography
- major aspects of vowel and consonant phonology
- inflectional morphology
- derivational morphology
- aspects of syntax
- regional variation in ME scribal texts

Shared with UG Course U00356 Middle English.

Venue
Monday: Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building
Thursday & Friday: Seminar Room 5, Chrystal Macmillan Building

Entry Requirements

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/09/2008	14:00	15:00			Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	14:00	14:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will:
- have a sound understanding of diachronic change and diatopic variation at all levels of language in the Middle English period
- be able to translate and comment on seen Middle English texts
- be able to progress to independent research on the subject