Archive for September, 2023

Old, Middle, and Modern English

September 2, 2023 @ 7:14 am· Filed by under Historical linguistics, Language change

The Differences between Old English, Middle English and Modern English

By Danièle Cybulskie

When people study Shakespeare in high school, I often hear them refer to his language as “Old English.” As far as the language goes, Shakespeare’s English actually falls under the category of “Modern English.” This may be a little hard to believe, considering the conspicuous lack of “thee” and “thou” in modern writing, but the forms of English that came before are even more foreign.

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Central Asian Turkish languages

September 1, 2023 @ 7:33 am· Filed by under Announcements, Language teaching and learning

I write to announce an exceptional opportunity to learn the Turkish languages of Central Asia.

There is a new Turkic course at Penn: TURK 1050.
 
This is a survey course that introduces students to the main languages spoken in Central Asia: Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Azeri. The language study will facilitate student research in topics like politics, history, and cultural events. This course aims at generating interest in the languages and studies of Central Asia spanning different periods of its history, with main focus on the linguistic forms and cultural activities.
 
Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:15 PM-6:45 PM
beketova@upenn.edu

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