Topics for discussion in class
School of English and Interpreting
3rd year
Seminar 1
Topics for discussion in class
1. Old English (OE) alphabets (their origin and structure).
2. The OE sound system.
– OE vowels (pronunciation, changes of the OE vowels: i-mutation, breaking, lengthening).
– OE consonants (pronunciation, Grimm's and Verner's Laws, the allophones of OE fricatives).
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. III § 57–61, Ch. VI § 102–103, Ch. VII § 111–113, Ch. VIII § 114–147. P. 37–42, 63–65, 71–90.
Topic for independent study
1. The historical background of English.
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. V § 89–101, Ch. XI § 279–301, Ch. XII § 309–344. P. 55–63, 65–71, 149–179.
Assignments:
1. Compare the alphabets used by the Anglo-Saxons by compiling the table:
| Features | The Runic alphabet | The Latin alphabet |
| Origin/Introduction | ||
| Structure* | ||
| The principle of writing |
* Speak on the number of characters, their peculiar features or the peculiar characters.
2. Read The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 21–22).
3. Copy the words with the fricative letters s, f, þ or ð and the letters h and h from The Story of Isaac's Deceit (sentences 1–2) and transcribe them. Comment on the sound values represented by these letters.
4. Do assignments 1, 2 on the given text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 22).
Seminar 2
Topics for discussion in class
1. The Old English nominal system. Form-building means used in the OE nominal system.
2. Grammatical categories of OE nouns, adjectives and pronouns in comparison.
3. The main features of the declensions:
– in nouns (the basis of morphological classification, characteristics of a-, n-, r- and root-stems);
– in demonstrative pronouns;
– in personal pronouns;
– in adjectives (the basis of morphological classification).
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 148–188. P. 92–108.
Assignments:
1. Provide examples of different synthetic form-building means used in the OE nominal parts of speech from The Story of Isaac's Deceit (sentences 5–9).
2. Make a list of grammatical categories for OE nouns, adjectives and pronouns and state the differences between them by compiling the following table:
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| Grammatical categories | Noun | Adjective/ Participle | Pronoun | Commentary | |
| Personal | Demonstrative | ||||
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| Case | |||||
| Person | |||||
| Degree of comparison | |||||
| Determinateness | |||||
3. Do assignments 4, 7, 12 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).
4. Study the model of grammar and etymological analysis of an OE text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 50–51) and analyse the grammar of the nominal parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals) from The Story of Isaac's Deceit according to the model.
Seminar 3
Topics for discussion in class
1. The OE verbal system. Form-building means used in the OE verbal system.
2. Morphological types of OE verbs in comparison.
3. Grammatical categories of finite forms of the OE verb.
4. Finite inflexions of the OE verb.
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 189–194, 199–210. P. 108–112, 114–124.
Topic for independent study
1. The OE verbals and their development.
Literature
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 195–198, 469–474. P. 112–114, 245–248.
Assignments:
1. Provide examples of different synthetic form-building means used by the OE verb from The Story of Isaac's Deceit (sentences 11–12).
2. Compare the OE morphological types of verbs by compiling the table. Mark the corresponding boxes in the table. If necessary, make commentary.
| Form-building means | Weak verbs | Strong Verbs | Preterite-Present Verbs | Anomalous Verbs |
| Flexions | ||||
| Suffixation | ||||
| Vowel gradation | ||||
| Suppletion |
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3. Do assignments 3, 5, 10, 11 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).
4. Revise the model of grammar and etymological analysis of an OE text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 50–51) and analyse the grammar of the verbs and verbals from The Story of Isaac's Deceit according to the model.
Seminar 4
Topics for discussion in class
1. The OE syntax (syntactic relations between words in the sentence, word-order, negation).
2. The OE vocabulary and its etymological structure (native words: Indo-European, Germanic and OE strata).
3. Means of enriching the vocabulary in OE.
– word formation (word-derivation, word-compounding);
– borrowing (Latin and Celtic borrowings in comparison).
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 211–226, Ch. X § 227–274. P. 124–129, 131–146.
Topic for independent study
1. OE poetry. Subjects of OE poems. Characteristics of OE poetic texts (versification, stylistic devices, poetic vocabulary)
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. VI § 106–107, 275–278. P. 66–67, 147
Assignments:
1. Do assignments 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).
2. Do assignment 6 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).
3. Revise the model of grammar and etymological analysis of an OE text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 50–51) and analyse the etymology of the words from The Story of Isaac's Deceit according to the model.
5. Read Beowulf (A Reader in the History of English. P. 8).
6. Do assignments 2, 6, 7, 9 on Beowulf (A Reader in the History of English. P. 9).
7. Account for the peculiar features of the OE poetry from Beowulf by providing examples of:
– alliteration;
– kennings and poetical compounds;
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– synonyms.
4. Analyse the text of Beowulf (lines 210-216) according to the model (A Reader in the History of English. P. 50–51).
Seminar 5
Topics for discussion in class
1. Innovations in spelling in ME as compared with OE (reflecting sound changes, French influence, means of avoiding misreading).
2. Sound changes in ME and NE:
– vowel changes in ME (quantitative and qualitative changes, rise of new diphthongs);
– major vowel changes in NE (the Great Vowel Shift)
– major consonant changes in ME and in Early NE (appearance of new consonants, treatment of fricative consonants, loss of consonants).
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. XIII § 355–410. P. 184–214.
Topics for independent study
1. Historical foundations of Modern English spelling.
Literature:
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. XIII § 411–417, Ch XVI § 576. P. 214–218, 307.
Assignments:
1. Make a list of digraphs introduced in ME and NE. Account for the sounds they denote.
2. Make a list of ME vowels and analyse the differentiating features in them. Compare them with OE.
3. Make a list of ME consonants and analyse the differentiating features in them. Compare them with OE.
4. Read The Canterbury Tales by G.Chaucer, lines 1–34 (A Reader in the History of English. P. 33–34).
5. Do assignments 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 on The Canterbury Tales by G.Chaucer, lines 1–34 (A Reader in the History of English. P. 41-42).
6. Study the model of phonetic and orthographic analysis of an ME text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 52–53) and continue the analysis of lines 1-24 following the model.
Seminar 6
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