ENGL 286
Spring 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
MDST 292 |
| Course Cluster: Linguistics |
This course will track the development of the English language from Anglo-Saxon to modern English. It is designed to introduce students to historical linguistics and will consider English's relationship to Germanic and Romance languages and its Indo-European antecedents. We will use John Algeo's textbook to begin the work of understanding and applying the rules of phonetics, etymology, and other general principles of linguistics. Students will be asked to use their own language as a test; we will consider the arbitrary nature of "correctness" in language and discuss the differences between standard and non-standard language varieties. You will understand the modern English we speak as the product of its complicated political, social, religious, and economic history. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (MDST)(MDST-Art/Arch)(MDST-History)(MDST-Lang/Lit)(MDST-Phil/Reli) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
In addition to Algeo, we will read a range of supplementary literary texts for each stage of the English language; these readings will include Anglo-Saxon texts, short selections from Chaucer, Shakespeare's sonnets, and modern poetry.
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course meets the English Department's Pre-1800 requirement. |
| Instructor(s): Eggers,Will Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 13 | JR major: 12 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 12 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 6 |
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