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FACULTADE DE FILOLOXÍA
DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOLOXÍA INGLESA E ALEMÁ
Variedades do inglés
María José López Couso
Daniela Pettersson Traba
GUÍA DOCENTE E MATERIAL DIDÁCTICO
2018/2019FACULTADE DE FILOLOXÍA. DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOLOXÍA INGLESA E ALEMÁ
AUTORES: María José López Couso e Daniela Pettersson Traba
Edición electrónica: 2018
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21. COURSE DESCRIPTION
1.1. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH (G5061345)
Varieties of English is an optional 6 ECTS course which is offered in the second semester
of the third year of the English Language and Literature curriculum (‘Grao en Lingua e
Literatura Inglesas’).
1.2. PREREQUISITES
Given that the subject is taught entirely in English, students should have a good command
of both spoken and written English at B.2 level as described in the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). It is also advisable that students have
already passed the second year compulsory course English Phonetics and Phonology
(G5061226), since knowledge of the fundamentals of phonetic analysis and notation will
be taken for granted.
1.3. LECTURERS
Dr. María José López Couso
Offices: 413 (Department of English and German) / Decanato (first floor)
Phone numbers: 881 811 891 / 881 811 759
e-mail: mjlopez.couso@usc.es
Daniela Pettersson Traba
Office: B14 (first floor)
Phone number: 881 811 907
e-mail: daniela.pettersson@usc.es
Office hours will be made available on the lecturers’ office doors and on the Internet at the
beginning of the term.
32. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH WITHIN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AND LITERATURE CURRICULUM
Varieties of English is an optional course devoted to the study of the different varieties of
the English language used around the world today. It is closely related with, and
complementary to, many other subjects within the English Language and Literature
curriculum:
- Varieties of English bears a strong connection to those courses dealing with standard
norms of the language, either as teaching models (e.g. English Language 1-3 and
English Phonetics and Phonology) or as an object of analysis (e.g. Morphosyntax,
Syntax and Semantics).
- Given that Varieties of English is concerned not only with the various forms of English
spoken in the British Isles, but also with those which developed in overseas locations
during the colonial period, the course is closely linked to subjects such as History and
culture of the English-speaking countries, Culture and tradition in the British Isles,
and Culture and tradition in the USA and the Commonwealth.
- The study of varieties of English is also intimately related to issues of language
change, to which courses such as History of the English Language 1-2 and Analysis of
Old and Middle English Texts are devoted.
- The subject matter of Varieties of English is also closely connected to that of the
optional course English Sociolinguistics (first semester, fourth year).
- Finally, the analysis of the varieties of English worldwide is also relevant to the study
of literature in English (e.g. American Literature 1-2, Postcolonial Literature, etc.),
since many of the features characterizing particular varieties of the language are
reflected in literary texts.
The course Varieties of English is therefore a particularly suitable subject in an English
Language and Literature degree, not only because of its own value, but also in relation to
the other courses in the curriculum.
3. COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course is intended as a general introduction to the rich array of varieties of English
used around the world and to the methods and resources for their analysis. The focus will
be on the description of some of the most distinctive national and regional varieties of
English worldwide. The most important objectives of the course are:
- To become familiar with the most characteristic features of different varieties of
English.
- To recognize some of the most significant patterns of variation in English at different
linguistic levels (phonology, vocabulary, morphology, syntax).
- To offer a basic methodological framework for the systematic comparison of varieties
of English worldwide.
- To understand the historical processes which have given rise to the current spectrum of
varieties of English.
- To develop a critical awareness of language diversity, variation, and change.
44. CONTENTS
1. Preliminaries
1.1. Linguistic variation
1.2. Language, dialect, and related concepts
1.3. The standard
1.4. Language attitudes
2. Materials for the study of varieties of English
2.1. The Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English (eWAVE)
2.2. Listening to varieties of English
2.3. Corpora
3. Models for the classification of World Englishes
3.1. Kachru’s (1985) Concentric Circles
3.2. McArthur’s (1987) Circle of World Englishes
3.3. Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic Model: Focus on Postcolonial Englishes
3.4. Mair’s (2013) World System of English: Focus on non-standard varieties
4. The reference varieties: British English vs. American English
4.1. Orthography
4.2. Phonology
4.3. Vocabulary
4.4. Grammar
5. Intra-national and international varieties of English
5.1. Intra-national varieties
5.1.1. English in the British Isles
5.1.2. English in the United States
5.2. International varieties
5.2.1. Other national standard norms: Australian English, New Zealand English,
Canadian English, South African English
5.2.2. New Englishes: Some examples
55. BASIC AND COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bauer, Laurie. 2002. An introduction to international varieties of English. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press.
Cheshire, Jenny (ed.). 1991. English around the world. Sociolinguistic perspectives.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Crystal, David. 2003. English as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Freeborn, Dennis. 1993. Varieties of English. 2nd edn. London: Macmillan.
Hughes, Arthur & Peter Trudgill. 1996. English accents and dialects. An introduction to social
and regional varieties of English in the British Isles. 3rd edn. London: Arnold.
Jenkins, Jennifer. 2015. Global Englishes: A resource book for students. 3rd edn. London:
Routledge.
Kortmann, Bernd & Kerstin Lunkenheimer (eds.). 2011. The Electronic World Atlas of
Varieties of English [eWAVE]. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology. Available online at http://ewave-atlas.org/.
Kortmann, Bernd & Edgar Schneider (eds.). 2004. A handbook of varieties of English. A
multimedia reference tool. Volume 1: Phonology. Volume 2: Morphology and Syntax.
Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Kachru, Braj B. 1985. “Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: The English
language in the outer circle”. In Randolph Quirk & H. G. Widdowson (eds.) English in
the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press: 11-31.
Kachru, Braj B., Yamuna Kachru & Cecil L. Nelson (eds.). 2006. The handbook of world
Englishes. Oxford: Blackwell.
Mair, Christian. 2013. “The World System of Englishes: Accounting for the transnational
importance of mobile and mediated vernaculars”. English World-Wide 34/3: 253-278.
McArthur, Tom. 1987. “The English Languages?” English Today 11: 9-13.
Mesthrie, Rajend & Rakesh M. Bhatt. 2008. World Englishes: The study of new linguistic
varieties. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Schneider, Edgar W. 2007. Postcolonial English. Varieties around the world. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Schreier, Daniel, Peter Trudgill, Edgar W. Schneider & Jeffrey P. Williams. 2010. The lesser-
known varieties of English. An introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Siemund, Peter. 2013. Varieties of English: A typological approach. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Tagliamonte, Sali A. 2012. Roots of English: Exploring the history of dialects. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Trudgill, Peter. 1983. On dialect: Social and geographic perspectives. Oxford: Blackwell.
Trudgill, Peter. 1994. Dialects. London: Routledge.
Trudgill, Peter & Jean Hannah. 1994. International English. A guide to the varieties of
Standard English. 3rd edn. London: Edward Arnold.
Upton, Clive & J. D. A. Widdowson. 1996. An atlas of English dialects. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Wolfram, Walt & Natalie Schilling-Estes. 1998. American English. Dialects and variation.
Oxford: Blackwell.
66. TEACHING METHODOLOGY
A combination of lectures and seminars involving text analysis, work with audiovisual
materials, and group-based learning activities will be used. The students will be
encouraged to undertake independent reading and listening of speech recordings both to
supplement theory classes and to broaden their individual knowledge and understanding of
the topics.
Lectures: (‘Sesións expositivas’, total 32/2 hours per week): Each unit in the syllabus will
be presented in class on the basis of selected bibliography.
Seminars: (‘Sesións interactivas’, total 16/1 hour per week): Students will have to do the
necessary reading and listening in order to participate actively in class.
7. COMPETENCE
CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CG1, CG8
8. ASSESSMENT
(A) Continuous assessment (for both first and second ‘oportunidades’):
- Attendance and active participation in the sessions during the course: 10%.
- Periodical assignments on the different topics covered in the course: 15%.
- Oral presentation and written report on one of the varieties of English. This assignment
will be carried out either individually or in pairs, under the supervision of the teachers. The
essay will be submitted by the date of the final exam via the teaching platform (Campus
Virtual): 25%.
- Final exam. Course contents will be examined through a final written test which will take
place on the official dates: 50%.
(B) Students officially exempt from class attendance and who will therefore not follow a
system of continuous assessment will be able to take a final written exam which will count
as their only final mark (100%).
All exercises and tests will be done in English. Overall correctness in language and in the
use of formal conventions is indispensable. Critical awareness and correct handling of
theoretical notions will also be highly valued.
Academic misconduct (including cheating, plagiarism, etc.) will not be tolerated and
will be penalized.
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