course schedule

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RL=Relevant Linguistics
IE=Inventing English

1 T 8-19 Introduction to ELG&H
History of English (combined)
R 8-21 Linguistics Introduction (RL 1-12)
2 T 8-26 Phonetics, Consonants (RL 13-22)
R 8-28 E2.1 (that is, Exercise 2.1 on p. 32–but do consonants only)
Phonetics, Vowels (RL 22-31)
3 T 9-2 E2.1(vowels)-2.2 and as assigned
Phonetics/Phonology (RL 45-62)
R 9-4 E3.1-3.3
Phonology (cont’d) (RL 63-73)
4 T 9-9 E3.4-3.7, 3.15
Phonology/Morphology (RL 91-103)
R 9-11 E4.1 and E4.5
Morphology (cont’d) (RL 103-117)
Out-of-class meeting must occur by 4pm today
5 T 9-16 E4.2-4.4, 4.6-4.7
Morphology/Syntax (RL 153-173)
R 9-18 E6.1-6.3
Syntax (RL 174-198)
6 T 9-23 midterm exam
R 9-25 Introduction (IE)
7 T 9-30 Old English and the Origins of Poetry (IE Ch 1)
R 10-2 The Language of Old English Literature (IE Ch 2)
8 T 10-7 The Politics of Language and the End of Old English (IE Ch 3)
R 10-9 Middle English in a French World; (IE Ch 4)
9 T 10-14 out-of-class assignment:
1. Spend class time working on Project 1.
2. Write a one-page double-spaced description of where things stand on your project, after this time spent with it. Indicate insights you’ve had, conclusions you’ve reached, new questions you’ve come up with, confusions you’re experiencing, etc.
3. Submit that description to the Dropbox in OAKS for “Project 1 work-in-progress description” by the deadline of Thursday, Oct 16 at 11pm.
R 10-16 no class
10 T 10-21 Chaucer’s English; Middle English Dialects (IE Chapters 5-6)
R 10-23 The Great Vowel Shift and the Changing Character of English (IE Ch 7)
F 10-24 project 1 due
11 T 10-28 Chancery, Caxton, and the Making of English Prose (IE Ch 8)
R 10-30 Shakespeare’s English; New Words and Worlds in Early Modern English (IE Chs 9-10)
 12 T 11-4 No school: Election Day
R 11-6 The Orthoepists and the Origins of Standard English (IE Ch 11)
13 T 11-11 Samuel Johnson and the Making of the Dictionary; Lexicography and Literature in American English (IE Chs 12-13)
R 11-13 Dialect and Regionalism in American Literature (IE Ch 14)
14 T 11-18 African American English and Its Impact (IE Ch 16)
presentation on AAE
R 11-20 The Oxford English Dictionary and Its Readers (IE Ch 17)
15 T 11-25 Everybody’s English (IE Ch 19)
last day of class
T  12-2 project 2 due
R 12-4 final exam: 8-11am