The History of the English Language

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The History of the English Language offers a study of Old, Middle, and Modern English. Furthermore, the course will address how the nature and mechanisms of language change over time, as well as the social, political, and other historical conditions that relate to such changes. The course will also attend to phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicography, and semantics, as well as to the broader cultures of the relevant periods. Prerequisite(s): EH 105 or EH 124.