LING 320: History of the English Language
MWF 9:00-9:50, HECO 126 (CRN 132)

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29 Aug—Intro to class 31 Aug—English Phonology; Read 234-45 2 Sept—English Phonology
5 Sept—no class 7 Sept—English Phonology quiz 9 Sept—Indo-European Tree; Read Chapter 2 (4-7)
12 Sept—Indo-European Tree 14 Sept—Old English; Read Chapter 3 (8-29) 16 Sept—Old English
19 Sept—Old English 21 Sept—Old English; schedule Old English quiz 23 Sept—Old English
26 Sept—Old English; Annotation 1 due by 5 28 Sept—Exam 1 30 Sept—Middle English; Read Chapter 4 (30-55)
3 Oct—Middle English; Research Update 5 Oct—Middle English 7 Oct—Middle English; schedule Middle English quiz
10 Oct—no class 12 Oct—Middle English 14 Oct—Middle English; Annotation 2 due by 5
17 Oct—Early Modern English; Read Chapter 5 (56-75) 19 Oct—Early Modern English 21 Oct—Early Modern English
24 Oct—Early Modern English 26 Oct—Early Modern English; schedule EME quiz 29 Oct—Early Modern English; Annotation 3 due by 5
31 Oct—Exam 2 2 Nov—Modern English; Read Chapter 6 (76-91) 4 Nov—Modern English
7 Nov—Modern English 9 Nov—Modern English 11 Nov—Modern English
14 Nov—Modern English 16 Nov—Variations overview and US v. Brit; Read 398-311 18 Nov—US and Canadian English; Read 91-7, 312-7, and 340-3; Research Update
21 Nov—US and Canadian English; Annotation 4 due by 5 23 Nov—no class 25 Nov—no class
28 Nov—British English; Read 218-27 30 Nov—Scots, Welsh, and Irish; Read 328-39 2 Dec—United Kingdom English continued
5 Dec—Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa; Read 98-105 and 350-7 7 Dec—Caribbean and Creole; Read 344-9 9 Dec—Final thoughts on World English and Variation; Read 106-15 and 358-63
12 Dec—Review for Final Exam; Research paper due by 5 Final exam: Fri, 16 Dec 8-10:30

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