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Department of Cultural Studies
English Linguistics

World Englishes

Course Information

Nr. Name Type Time Room Lecturer
154156 World Englishes 2 HS Tu 8:30 - 10:00

+ Block 20.10. & 03.11.2023,
12:00 - 16:00
R. 3.208

R. 3.427
Buschfeld

Today different varieties of English are spoken around the world as native, second, and foreign languages. This class will focus on "Postcolonial Englishes" (PCEs), i.e. varieties of English that emerged out of colonial and postcolonial contexts (e.g. Australia, Singapore, Nigeria, etc.), but we will also look into Englishes spoken in what has long been conceptualized as the “Expanding Circle” (viz. non-PCEs, e.g. the Netherlands, Korea, the Scandinavian countries etc.).

The class will introduce different approaches to and models of World Englishes, as well as deal with the (socio)linguistic characteristics of individual PCEs and non-PCEs. In addition to that, the course will provide an introduction to linguistic research methods and data collection.

Course readings will be discussed in the first session.

Course requirements will be discussed in the first session.

Modules

Lehramtsstudiengänge

LABG G HRG/HRSGe GyGe/BK SP
2009 603, 703, 704 603, 802 603, 701, 702, 802 703
2016 603, 703, 704 603, 802, 803 603, 701, 702, 802, 803 703

Angewandte Sprachwissenschaften &
Angewandte Literatur-/Kulturwissenschaften:

PO B.A.ALK B.A.AS M.A.ALK M.A.AS
PO ab WS 16/17 Kern: 
Komp: 
Kern: 6bc, 7bc
Komp: 4ac
  1ab, 2ab, 3a
PO ab WS 21/22 Kern: 
Komp: 
Kern: 6bc, 7ab
Komp: 4ac
  1abcd, 2ab, 3abc, 4ab

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