LFU:online

Institut für Anglistik Institut für Anglistik, Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg

Julia Davydova Julia Davydova

921071

609599E4b1
(Pädagogische Hochschule Vorarlberg)

VO Synchronic and Diachronic Varieties of English

VO 2

2,5

keine Angabe

keine Angabe

Englisch

Taking the concentric circle model of Englishes proposed by Braj Kachru and popularised by David Crystal as a starting point of our account, we go step by step through some prominent examples representing mother-tongue Englishes, second-language Englishes, and, finally, Learner Englishes. We furthermore examine the major mechanisms and processes discussed in the theoretical accounts of language contact, which lead to the formation of the new forms of English.

English is the language that has expanded most dramatically in the history of humankind. This course focuses on various forms, or varieties, of English and the way they are spoken all over the world. In so doing, we take a close look at the specific structural properties of world Englishes as well as sociohistorical and cultural context accompanying their emergence.

Lecturer’s input, practice