Philology and Global English Studies
Title | Philology and Global English Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Suman Gupta |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-07-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137537833 |
This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics.
From Philology to English Studies
Title | From Philology to English Studies PDF eBook |
Author | H. Momma |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0521518865 |
An exploration of how philology contributed to the study of English language and literature in the nineteenth century.
World Philology
Title | World Philology PDF eBook |
Author | Sheldon Pollock |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2015-01-05 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0674052862 |
Philology—the discipline of making sense of texts—is enjoying a renaissance within academia after decades of neglect. World Philology charts the evolution of philology across the many cultures and historical time periods in which it has been practiced, and demonstrates how this branch of knowledge, like philosophy and mathematics, is an essential component of human understanding. Every civilization has developed ways of interpreting the texts that it produces, and differences of philological practice are as instructive as the similarities. We owe our idea of a textual edition for example, to the third-century BCE scholars of the Alexandrian Library. Rabbinical philology created an innovation in hermeneutics by shifting focus from how the Bible commands to what it commands. Philologists in Song China and Tokugawa Japan produced startling insights into the nature of linguistic signs. In the early modern period, new kinds of philology arose in Europe but also among Indian, Chinese, and Japanese commentators, Persian editors, and Ottoman educationalists who began to interpret texts in ways that had little historical precedent. They made judgments about the integrity and consistency of texts, decided how to create critical editions, and determined what it actually means to read. Covering a wide range of cultures—Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Chinese, Indo-Persian, Japanese, Ottoman, and modern European—World Philology lays the groundwork for a new scholarly discipline.
Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language
Title | Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Hayes |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2017-08-29 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0190683422 |
The History of the English Language has been a standard university course offering for over 150 years. Yet relatively little has been written about teaching a course whose very title suggests its prodigious chronological, geographic, and disciplinary scope. In the nineteenth century, History of the English Language courses focused on canonical British literary works. Since these early curricula were formed, the English language has changed, and so have the courses. In the twenty-first century, instructors account for the growing prominence of World Englishes as well as the English language's transformative relationship with the internet and social media. Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language addresses the challenges and circumstances that the course's instructors and students commonly face. The volume reads as a series of "master classes" taught by experienced instructors who explain the pedagogical problems that inspired resourceful teaching practices. Although its chapters are authored by seasoned teachers, many of whom are preeminent scholars in their individual fields, the book is designed for instructors at any career stage-beginners and veterans alike. The topics addressed in Approaches to Teaching the History of the English Language include: the unique pedagogical dynamic that transpires in language study; the course's origins and relevance to current university curricula; scholarly approaches that can offer an abiding focus in a semester-long course; advice about navigating the course's formidable chronological ambit; ways to account for the language's many varieties; and the course's substantial and pedagogical relationship to contemporary multimedia platforms. Each chapter balances theory and practice, explaining in detail activities, assignments, or discussion questions ready for immediate use by instructors.
Linguistics in a Colonial World
Title | Linguistics in a Colonial World PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Errington |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2010-04-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1444329057 |
Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world. Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first century
Old English Philology
Title | Old English Philology PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Neidorf |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1843844389 |
Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts.
Philology and Global English Studies
Title | Philology and Global English Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Suman Gupta |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2015-07-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137537833 |
This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics.