LIN 3332 Linguistic History of English

3 units
Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
Development of English from its roots in Indo-European and Germanic; effects of contact with Celtic, Latin, Scandinavian, French. Dialect variation in Old and Middle English and effects on current dialects. Ongoing change in English.

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Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisites: LIN 2310 , LIN 2320 .

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Fall
Winter

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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