课程 - 国家高等教育智慧教育平台

英语史

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更新日期：2025/06/25

开课平台	学银在线
开课高校	兰州大学
开课教师	史菊鸿、Jim、韩超、何敏
学科专业	文学外国语言文学类

开课时间	2023/02/11 - 2023/08/26
课程周期	28 周
开课状态	已结课
每周学时	-

课程简介

《英语史》梳理英语发展历史，聚焦英语语言内外，既分析促进英语从一地方方言发展为全球通用语的经济、政治、文化等语言外部原因，亦探究英语语言内部诸要素，即其词汇、拼写、发音、语法在此发展过程中所经历的变化及其变化规律。课程内容按照英语发展的历史阶段划分为三大部分，共分10章，36节。1-3章回溯古英语阶段英语语言状况，4-6章总结中古英语阶段英语所处地位及语言特点，7-10章分析现代英语阶段英语所历经的重大变化并最终发展成为全球通用语的语言内外部原因，综析英语语言在全球化语境下的发展态势及未来走向。

课程摈弃英语为母语的语言史学家梳理英语史的立场，从跨语言、跨文化视角分析英语语言发展历史，融入适量的英汉语言发展历史对照分析，并对英语在中国的使用情况及中国人的英语语言特点加以总结，不仅可令学习者掌握英语语言发展进程及语言内部规律，提高英语学习效率，并可提升学习者对语言的宏观认知，理解一门语言与其母国的政治、经济、历史、文化之间存在的辩证关系。

课程大纲

Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon Civilization

1.1 Romans in Britain
1.2 The Germanic Conquest
1.3 Anglo-Saxon Civilization

Features of Old English

2.1 Old English Letters
2.2 Some other Characteristics of Old English
2.3 The Old English Corpus

Foreign influences on Old English

3.1 The Contact of English with Other Languages
3.2 The Scandinavian Invasions of England
3.3 Scandinavian Loanwords and their Character

The Norman Conquest and the Subjection of English, 1066–1200

4.1 1066: A Year of Significance for the English Language
4.2 The Use of French among English Nobility
4.3 The Fate of English after the Norman Conquest

The Reestablishment of English, 1200–1500

5.1 The Weakening Connections with France
5.2 The Decline of French
5.3 The Reestablishment of English

Grammatical Changes of English and Its Dialectal Variety

6.1 The Decay of Inflectional Endings and the Fixed Word Order
6.2 The Introduction of French Words
6.3 English Variety and the Rise of Standard English.

Renaissance, Printing and the Development of English, 1500-1650

7.1 Changing Conditions in the Renaissance Period
7.2 The Struggle for Recognition and the Defense of English
7.3 The Selection of the South-east Midland Dialect as the Medium of Printing and the Standardization of English
7.4 The Vocabulary and Spelling of English in the Renaissance

Science, Ascertaining of English, and the Expansion of English, 1650-1800

8.1 The Scientific Temper of the 18th century and the Impacts on English
8.2 Efforts of Ascertaining English Language
8.3 Johnson’s Dictionary.
8.4 The Beginnings of Prescriptive Grammar and the Politics of Language in the 18th Century
8.5 The Colonial Expansion of the British Empire and the Impacts on the English Language

Communication Technology and World Englishes, English in the 19th Century and After

9.1 The Impacts of science and technology upon English
9.2 The influences of Communication Technology upon English
9.3 World Englishes and English in China
9.4 The Relationship between the Standard English and the Nonstandard English in the new Era

English Language in America

10.1 Mapping the Settlement of America
10.2 The Gradual Westward Movement
10.3 Features of American English
10.4 National Consciousness of America and the Making of American English
10.5 American English Today