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ENG-3030: Language Change Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master´s level | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Spring
| Objectives
Students of the course will be introduced to the main approaches within the subject field. The course will develop students´ analytical skills and skills necessary for academic presentation, both written and oral. Students are also expected to work independently with linguistic topics. | Contents
The course will include a general introduction to different approaches to the mechanisms and causes of language change. We will focus on some of the the linguistic changes English has undergone since the Old English period (chiefly semantic and pragmatic changes). | Form of teaching
2 hours of lecture per week. Seminars, lectures and group work. A total of 24 hours of teaching per semester. | Coursework requirements
Oral presentation and three short exercises
| Exam and assessment
Coursework requirements: Each student will give a short oral presentation during the semester. In addition, three short exercises (4-6 pages) must be submitted to fixed deadlines and then be approved by the lecturer. One of these exercises is included in the portfolio (read more in the following). Coursework requirements must be approved before the student can sit the final examination.
Examination: Portfolio assessment which includes an exercise of 4-6 pages (the student submits one of the three coursework exercises) (counts for 1/3 of the final grade) and a semester assignment of 10-15 pages (counts for 2/3 of the final grade). For the semester assignment, students must hand in a draft which must be approved by the lecturer. | Contact person/lecturer
Professor Toril Swan, tel.: 776 46452, email: toril.swan@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
See faculty homepage |
Teaching spring 2007
Første forelesning: Onsdag 17. januar kl 0915, rom C 1002 | | Forelesning | Foreleser Prof. Toril Swan
| | Mappeinnlevering | Innleveringsfrist: Fredag 25. mai |
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