Spring 2027

History of the English Language

History of the English Language covers linguistic and sociolinguistic change in English from its beginnings to the present.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.73 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe and interpret linguistic change in English.

  • Analyze relationships among society, literature, and language that underlie the construction of beliefs.

  • Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate and pursue an original research question in the context of those gaps.

  • Analyze linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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ENGL 417 used by

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.73 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2019: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Linguistic and sociolinguistic change in English from its beginnings to the present.
  • Linguistic structures relevant to language acquisition, use, or variation.

Skills

  • Describing and interpreting linguistic change in English.
  • Analyzing linguistic structures for acquisition, use, or variation.
  • Analyzing relationships among society, literature, and language.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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