Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature 1 lm. forms, genres and critical approaches
2nd foreign literature 1 lm. forms, genres and critical approaches
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign literature disciplinary area
2nd foreign literature disciplinary area or textual and comparative studies
1st or 2nd foreign literature 2 lm. critical methodologies and textual interpretation
A philology to be chosen among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
History of the 1st or the 2nd foreign language
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature 1 lm. forms, genres and critical approaches
2nd foreign literature 1 lm. forms, genres and critical approaches
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign literature disciplinary area
2nd foreign literature disciplinary area or textual and comparative studies
1st or 2nd foreign literature 2 lm. critical methodologies and textual interpretation
A philology to be chosen among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
History of the 1st or the 2nd foreign language
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
History of the English language (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S002984
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- English linguistics LM with an introduction to Corpus Linguistics - PART I of the course Master's degree in Linguistics
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
II semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Feb 15, 2021 al May 29, 2021.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at leading the students to know in detail: (1) the history of the English language; attention will also be dedicated to the linguistic analysis of texts belonging to Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English; (2) the history of journalistic writing in anglophone countries, from its origins to the present day; multimodal/multisemiotic journalism will also be dealt with. At the end of the course the students will be able to (1) read and understand texts from the different historical periods of the English language (Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English) and (2) identify the linguistic and structural specificities of journalistic writing from its origins to the present day.
Program
A. HISTORY OF ENGLISH
- Mediterraneans, Celts and Romans
- Anglo-Saxons and Old English
- Vikings and Normans
- Middle English
- Standardization of written English
- Standardization of spoken English
- English colonialism
B) LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF EXTRACTS OF OLD ENGLISH, MIDDLE ENGLISH AND EARLY MODERN ENGLISH TEXTS
C) THE LANGUAGE OF JOURNALISM FROM PAST TO PRESENT
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Facchinetti Roberta | Lexicographers and Grammarians in the History of English (Edizione 1) | QuiEdit | 2019 | 978-88-6464-551-3 | |
Facchinetti Roberta, Nicholas Brownlees, Birte Bös, Udo Fries | News as Changing Texts: Corpora, Methodologies and Analysis (Edizione 2) | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2015 | 978-1-4438-8036-7 | |
Mugglestone, Lynda (ed.) | The Oxford History of English (Edizione 2) | Oxford University Press | 2012 | 9780199660162 |
Examination Methods
Oral exam on the following topics:
1. HISTORY OF ENGLISH
- Mediterraneans, Celts and Romans
- Anglo-Saxons and Old English
- Vikings and Normans
- Middle English
- Standardization of written English
- Standardization of spoken English
- English colonialism
- World English(es)
2) LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF EXTRACTS OF OLD ENGLISH, MIDDLE ENGLISH AND EARLY MODERN ENGLISH TEXTS
3) THE LANGUAGE OF JOURNALISM FROM PAST TO PRESENT
Students who cannot attend are required to study the books mentioned on the webpage of the course.