ENG 661 - History of the English Language: Advanced Content in English

Credits: 3

Studies history of English language, from its earliest beginnings up to 21st century; includes several different activities: study of “prehistory” of English—its ancestors and closest relatives; reading of various texts from different periods; and advanced examination of kinds of linguistic changes that have occurred—and are still occurring—as the language continues, including different types of changes English has undergone: historical, phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, etc.