We worked through an Old English version of the parable of the Good Samaritan (Gospel of Luke), discussing the syntax and lexicon as we go, using through a selected glossary.
Remember: Homework 4 is due Wednesday. Quiz 2 is scheduled for Friday.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, Week 7
We finished working our way through the first eleven lines of the prolog to Beowulf. Then using the homework distributed in class (due next Wednesday), we talked a bit about the next nine lines.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, Week 7
We discussed some of the distinctive properties of OE alliterative poetry and then worked through the first nine lines of the prolog to Beowulf working out the structure of the sentences and noting the poetic properties of the lines.
You may want to visit http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readings/Beowulf.Readings.html to hear readings of parts of Beowulf which are presented in the generally accepted OE pronunciation.
You may want to visit http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readings/Beowulf.Readings.html to hear readings of parts of Beowulf which are presented in the generally accepted OE pronunciation.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, Week 6
Today we visited the Oxford English Dictionary on-line. We looked at the history of knight and knave (particularly interesting as both words began in the same semantic space and them shifted in opposite directions), and at boy and girl.
Reminder: As students at WSU, you have access to this website.
(1) Just go to the WSU libraries website (http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu),
(2) then click on the Griffin Catalog tab and search for Oxford English Dictionary.
(3) When the search results show up, click on the Oxford English Dictionary [electronic resource] link.
(4) Then click on the Oxford English Dictionary -- Oxford Univ Pr Oxford English Dict link and
(5) log in with your network id and password.
Then you will find yourself logged in at the OED on-line website.
Reminder: As students at WSU, you have access to this website.
(1) Just go to the WSU libraries website (http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu),
(2) then click on the Griffin Catalog tab and search for Oxford English Dictionary.
(3) When the search results show up, click on the Oxford English Dictionary [electronic resource] link.
(4) Then click on the Oxford English Dictionary -- Oxford Univ Pr Oxford English Dict link and
(5) log in with your network id and password.
Then you will find yourself logged in at the OED on-line website.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, Week 6
We worked through the Old English syntax practice handout.
We began to work through semantic change, talking about broadening/widening (generalization), narrowing (specialization), and other changes (amelioration, pejoration, other kinds of shifts including bleaching).
We began to work through semantic change, talking about broadening/widening (generalization), narrowing (specialization), and other changes (amelioration, pejoration, other kinds of shifts including bleaching).
Monday, February 14, 2011
Monday, Week 6
We worked through homework #3 (answers here) and I concluded that another phonetics/orthography handout might be useful for the consonants (available here).
We just started working on the Old English syntactic data, distributed in class.
Note: At 4 pm on Tuesday, I updated the "Spelling and Pronunciation of Old English Consonants" handout (mostly adding some detail). If you have already downloaded this document, please take a look at the current version.
We just started working on the Old English syntactic data, distributed in class.
Note: At 4 pm on Tuesday, I updated the "Spelling and Pronunciation of Old English Consonants" handout (mostly adding some detail). If you have already downloaded this document, please take a look at the current version.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, Week 5
We discussed and collected homework 2. We finished working through the Practice with OE Case handout.
Remember homework #3 is due in class on Monday.
Remember homework #3 is due in class on Monday.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, Week 5
Reminder: Homework 2 (questions 1 and 2 on p. 77 of HEL) is due on Friday.
New: Homework 3 (distributed in class on Wednesday) is due next Monday.
We discussed the functions of cases in Old English, using the OE case handout, then went on to start identifying the functions of noun phrases in Old English in sentences.
New: Homework 3 (distributed in class on Wednesday) is due next Monday.
We discussed the functions of cases in Old English, using the OE case handout, then went on to start identifying the functions of noun phrases in Old English in sentences.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Monday, Week 5
We finished the background history for Old English and worked through the phonology and orthography of OE and began looking at the morphology (starting with pronouns).
Homework: Questions 1 - 2 on p. 77 in HEL due in class on Friday.
Homework: Questions 1 - 2 on p. 77 in HEL due in class on Friday.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wednesday, Week 4
We discussed and collected the homework.
I distributed a new phonetics handout and we discussed it briefly and then we did some more phonetics practice.
Quiz on Friday: The quiz on Friday will give you some transcribed English words you will have to identify, some groups of sounds you will have to characterize and some changes you will have to identify. All quizzes are open book, open notes.
I distributed a new phonetics handout and we discussed it briefly and then we did some more phonetics practice.
Quiz on Friday: The quiz on Friday will give you some transcribed English words you will have to identify, some groups of sounds you will have to characterize and some changes you will have to identify. All quizzes are open book, open notes.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tuesday, Week 4
Here are some more useful links:
http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm (another IPA chart linked to sounds)
http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~danhall/phonetics/sammy.html (a cool moving sagittal view of the vocal tract, somewhat exaggerated, but memorable)
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/unidec.html (instructions for typing IPA symbols on your computer)
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/research/gsound/Eng/Database/Phonetics/Englishes/Home/HomeMainFrameHolder.htm (A wide range of English dialects recorded and transcribed; for more variation than you ever imagined check out this page)
http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm (another IPA chart linked to sounds)
http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~danhall/phonetics/sammy.html (a cool moving sagittal view of the vocal tract, somewhat exaggerated, but memorable)
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/unidec.html (instructions for typing IPA symbols on your computer)
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/research/gsound/Eng/Database/Phonetics/Englishes/Home/HomeMainFrameHolder.htm (A wide range of English dialects recorded and transcribed; for more variation than you ever imagined check out this page)
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