Postgraduate Course: Middle English (LASC11063)
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 involves study of aspects of English in the period 1100-1500. |
| Course description |
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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 27,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
167 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One extended piece of written work of c. 4,000 words |
| Feedback |
Separate meetings with MSc students as a group where they will be talked through the range of topics available to choose from for their item of assessment, clarifying what is expected where needed and answering any questions they might have. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- have a sound understanding of diachronic change and diatopic variation at all levels of language in the Middle English period
- translate and comment on Middle English texts
- progress to independent research on the subject
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Reading List
Blake, Norman (ed.), 1992. The Cambridge History of the English Language, volume II, 1066:1476. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Horobin, Simon and Smith, Jeremy. 2002. An Introduction to Middle English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | English,linguistics,history,language,medieval |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rhona Alcorn
Tel: (0131 6)50 6660
Email: R.Alcorn@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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