Part 1. The Origins of English: Introduction to the study of language. -- The Historic study of language: methods and approaches. -- The Prehistory of English: the Indo-European context. -- Reconstructing meaning and sound. -- Words and worlds: Historical linguistics and the study of culture. -- The Beginnings of English. -- Old English: the Anglo-Saxon worldview. --Changing language: Did the Normans really conquer English? -- Chaucer's English. -- Dialect jokes and literary representation in Middle English. -- A Multilingual world : Medieval attitudes toward language change and variation.
Summary:
"This course introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day"
Series:
Great courses on tape
OCLC:
(OCoLC)46789089
Locations:
UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)
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