LING 2217 - History of the English Language to 1300

(crosslisted)
(also ENGL 2170, MEDVL 2217)(HB) (HA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits.

W. Harbert.

Explores the development of the English language from its Indo-European beginnings through the period of Early Middle English. Topics include linguistic reconstruction, changes in sound, vocabulary and grammatical structure, external influences, and Old and Early Middle English language and literature. This course forms a sequence with LING 2218, but the two may be taken independently.