# ENGL 417: History of the English Language | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### schema version

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### built at

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### current instructors

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### limited

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### departments

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| ANESTHES  | 8     |
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| ART       | 125   |
| ARTED     | 10    |
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| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
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| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| S\&APHM   | 17    |
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| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
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| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
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## course

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### course number

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### subjects

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### title

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

### description

Linguistic and sociolinguistic change in English from its beginnings to the present.

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### credit offering ids

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### llm search status

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### llm summary

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### llm topics

* Linguistic and sociolinguistic change
* History of the English Language

### llm skills

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### llm assumed background

None recorded.

### llm search phrases

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#### errors

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#### offered

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### grade conflicts

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#### history

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#### traces

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#### results

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## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

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#### university

##### size

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##### gpa Percentile

69

##### count Percentile

10

##### median Count

80

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 1     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 21    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 287   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 697   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1230  | true    |

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#### 1174

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ENGL    |            |

#### 1202

##### term

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##### gpa

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##### count

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##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ENGL    |            |

#### 1222

##### term

1222

##### gpa

3.9375

##### count

8

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ENGL    |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### ENGL

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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#### terms

##### 1174

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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###### ENGL

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1202

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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###### ENGL

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1222

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

64

###### ENGL

###### size

26

###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

92.5

## instructor Trends

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## following

| code        | title                  |
| ----------- | ---------------------- |
| LINGUIS 303 | HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS |
