Postgraduate Course: Historical Phonology (LASC11053)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course combines a consideration of some classic and contemporary issues in historical phonology with an investigation into some notable changes that have occurred in the history of English and other languages. |
| Course description |
How does Phonology change? Why does it change? How can we reconstruct past stages of English and other languages? This course considers some of the key phenomena that can be discussed in connection with the phonological history of English and other languages; it also considers many of the general linguistic points that we need to take into account when we try to understand phonological change. Many of the changes and types of changes that we will investigate will come from periods in the history of the English, from its 'prehistory', and from the variation that can be observed in present-day varieties, but we will also consider changes from other languages as we attempt to understand how and in what way the phonology of a language can change. We will also investigate how our knowledge of the patterns of change in phonology fits in with general models of phonological theory.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 27,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One essay of c.4,000 words.
Assessment deadline: Thursday 21st April 2016, 12 noon
Return deadline: |
| Feedback |
Comments provided on submitted assessments |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- explain the issues involved in the investigation of phonological change
- analyse key phenomena in the history of the phonology of English and other languages using the fundamental tools of phonological theory
- investigate how general issues in (i) historical linguistic theory and (ii) phonological theory hold-up when confronted with a detailed investigation of data from the history of English phonology
- progress onto the study of current live research questions in historical English phonology and in general language-universal historical phonology
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Reading List
Campbell, L. (1998) Historical Linguistics: an Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Crowley, Terry (1987/1992/1997/2010). Introduction to Historical Linguistics. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
Hock, H, & Joseph, B. (1996) Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Lehmann, W. (1992). Historical Linguistics: an Introduction. London: Routledge.
Trask, R.L. (1996). Historical Linguistics. London: Arnold.
Trask, R. L. (2000) Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Hock, H. (1986) Principles of Historical Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Bermúdez-żOtero, R. (2006) żDiachronic phonologyż. In de Lacy, P. (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology. Cambridge: CUP.
Hale, M. (2003) żNeogrammarian Sound Changeż In Joseph & Janda (eds) The Handbook of Historical Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Hale, M. (2007) Historical Linguistics: Theory and Method. Oxford: Blackwell.
Kiparsky, P. (1995) żThe phonological basis of sound changeż In Goldsmith, J. (ed) Handbook of Phonological Theory. Oxford: Blackwell. Also in Joseph & Janda (2003) The Handbook of Historical Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Kiparsky, Paul (1988) żPhonological change.ż In F. Newmeyer (ed.) Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey. I: Linguistic Theory ż Foundations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Labov, W. (1994) Principles of Linguistic Change. Vol.1, Internal Factors. Oxford: Blackwell.
Lass, R, (1997) Historical Linguistics and Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
McMahon, A. (1994) Understanding Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ringe, D. & Eska, J. (2013) Historical Linguistics: Toward a Twenty-żFirst Century Reintegration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Scheer, Tobias (2004) żHow minimal is phonological change?ż Folia Linguistica Historica 25, 69-ż114.
Lehmann, W. (ed) (1967) A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical IndożEuropean Linguistics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Morpurgo Davies, A. (1997). History of Linguistics. Vol. 4: Nineteenth-żCentury Linguistics. London: Longman.
Dobson, E. (1968) English Pronunciation 1500-ż1700. Volume 2: Phonology. Second edition. Oxford: Clarendon.
Hogg, R. (1992) A Grammar of Old English. Volume 1: phonology. Oxford: Blackwell.
Hogg, R. (ed) (1992-ż2001) The Cambridge History of the English Language. Six volumes.
Jones, C (1989) A History of English Phonology. London: Longman.
Lass, R. (1987) The Shape of English: Structure and History. London: Dent.
Lass, R. (1994) Old English: a Historical Linguistic Companion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Minokva, D. (2014) A Historical Phonology of English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Prins, A. (1972) A History of English Phonemes: from IndożEuropean to presentżday English. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
RInge, D. (2009) A Linguistic History of English: from Proto-Indo-żEuropean to Proto-Germanic. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
RInge, D & Taylor, A. (2014) A Linguistic History of English: The Development of Old English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Luick, K. (1964) Historische Grammatik der englischen Sprache. Reprint of original (1914-1944) Oxford: Blackwell. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Patrick Honeybone
Tel: (0131 6)51 1838
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
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