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History and Development of the English Language

Course code

GRA6312.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Inglise keele ajalugu ja areng

Course title in English

History and Development of the English Language

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Alpo Seppo Santeri Honkapohja (language of instruction:English)

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Historical overview of the development of the English language. Changes in phonology, lexis and grammar in the course of the development.

Brief description of the course

Indo-European languages and germanic languages; historical changes, English as a world language, contemporary English. Reading and analysing original texts from the different periods of the history of English.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has got an overview of the history of English and its development;
- is able to analyse peculiarities in grammar, phonology and lexis.

Teacher

Alpo Seppo Santeri Honkapohja

Prerequisite course 1

Academic English: an Integrated Approach (GRA6331.HT)

Prerequisite course 2

Society and Culture of English-Speaking Countries (GRA6303.HT)

Study programmes containing that course