Lecture 1 Novakov

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES PREDAVANJA: PONEDELJAK 9-10.30 VEŽBE

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES • KONSULTACIJE: KABINET 264 • PONEDELJAK 12.00-13.00 • UTORAK 12.00-13.00 • PREDISPITNE OBAVEZE: • RAD NA ČASU 15% • TEST 35% (OKO 25. NOVEMBRA)

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES • ISPIT • PISMENI 40% • USMENI 10% (1 ili 2 pitanja) • PREDAVANJA, ISPIT - NA ENGLESKOM

INTROE • ENGLISH AND THE LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD • Approximate number of languages in the world?

• Languages can be classified in different ways • Genetic classification, families, branches • Comparison of languages

INTROE • • • • • •

Similarities and differences Comparison uno un dos deux tres trois

one two three

ichi ni san

INTROE INDO-EUROPEAN (I-E) FAMILY • Proto I-E language – spoken 5000-6000 years ago north of the Black Sea • It started to split into I-E languages about 4500 years ago • BRANCHES OF I-E LANGUAGES

INTROE • Slavic, Romance, Baltic, Indo-Iranian, Germanic etc.

• Germanic sub-branches: north, east, west • English: I-E, west Germanic