Linguistik Vorlesung (Subject) / General (Lesson)
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- The genetic background of English .
- What makes it a Germanic language? .
- The periods distinguished in the development of English Celtic settlement (from the continent)Romanization (Caesar's invasion in 55BC)Germanization (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, 449) --> Christianisation (most important event in history of Anglo-Saxon culture)Viking invasion (750-1050)OR Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English
- Reasons for a language to change difficult to answer various causes and factors have influence:-intercultural -> language contact-system based -> one change initiating others-social -> class and language-attitudal -> what is proper English?-political -> political decisions more speaker-internal structures:-attempt at being comprehensive (verständlich)-attempt at being economic (simplification vs ambiguity (Mehrdeutigkeit)-child language aquisition (Übernahme)-assimilation (Anpassung)-prestige (Ansehen)