ENGL 3400-01 (History of the English Language)
Fall 2006
TR 11:00 - 12:15  / TLC 1116
Dr. David Newton
Office Hours

Course Assignments
General Information

 ENGL 4300 Syllabus & Assignments

 

Lecture Notes

 

A Brief History of the English Language

The History of English Dialects in America

Appalachian English: A Case Study

Social and Ethnic Varieties of English
(Wolfram, Chapter Six)

Social Dialects and Social Class

Pidgins and Creoles (Definitions)

 
 

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Rockwell, Freedom of Speech
Rockwell, Freedom of Speech
 
Language and Linguistic Rescources
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 Maps and Visual Images

 Anglo-Saxon Map


The Story of English (Video Series)
Available for Checkout from the Media Center


 Do you Speak American? (PBS Series)


Lecture Notes and Presentations
"Nine Ideas About Language" (Daniels)
Power Point Presentation (Click Here)
Language (Definition)
Indo-European Languages (Power Point)

Old English External History (Power Point)


Middle English External History

Middle English Grammar

The Reality of Dialects (Wolfram, Chapter 1)
A-Prefixing in American Speech

Why Languages Have Dialects 
(Linguistic Factors)


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