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An Introduction to the History of the English Language![]() with Dr Elizabeth Solopovaat Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo (map)
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10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
10.15 | Old English: the language of government and literature (650/700 - 1066) | ||
11.15 | Coffee | ||
11.30 | Middle English: multilingualism and diversity (1066 - 1476) | ||
12.30 | Lunch break | ||
14:00 | Early Modern English: the rise to national significance (1476 - 1707) | ||
15:00 | Tea break | ||
15:15 | Modern English: international language (1707 - present) | ||
16:15 | Close |
Dr Elizabeth Solopova has a a D. Phil in Medieval English from Oxford University. She is the editor of General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales on CD-ROM (Cambridge 2000) and contributor to British Library’s Electronic Beowulf. Her research interests include historical linguistics, textual criticism, palaeography, metrics and historical poetics. She is currently employed at the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University as a manager of the Electronic Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. She also teaches courses in medieval studies at the Departments for Continuing Education at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Baugh, Albert C., & T. Cable, A History of the English Language, 5th ed. (Routledge 2002)
Burchfield, R., The English Language (OUP 1985)
Fennell, Barbara A., A History of English: A Sociological Approach (Blackwell 2001)
Freeborn, D., From Old English to Standard English (Macmillan 1992)
Gordon, E.V., An Introduction to Old Norse (OUP 1957)
Potter, S., Our Language (Penguin 1966)
Robinson, O.W., Old English and its closest relatives (Routledge 1992)
Strang, B., A History of English (Methuen 1970)
Wright, J: Grammar of the Gothic Language (OUP 1917).
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