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314 Tentative Schedule

This document provides a tentative schedule of assignments for an English literature course in spring 2016. It includes the following key events: - An introduction to language concepts in the first week, followed by readings on language characteristics. - Weeks 2-3 will cover Proto-Indo-European languages and their development. - Week 4 includes a test on this material and introduction to Germanic languages. - Weeks 5-8 cover the development of English from Old to Middle English with related readings and the first essay due. - Weeks 9-10 focus on Middle English and include a second test. - Weeks 11-13 cover the transition to Early Modern English and the due

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314 Tentative Schedule

This document provides a tentative schedule of assignments for an English literature course in spring 2016. It includes the following key events: - An introduction to language concepts in the first week, followed by readings on language characteristics. - Weeks 2-3 will cover Proto-Indo-European languages and their development. - Week 4 includes a test on this material and introduction to Germanic languages. - Weeks 5-8 cover the development of English from Old to Middle English with related readings and the first essay due. - Weeks 9-10 focus on Middle English and include a second test. - Weeks 11-13 cover the transition to Early Modern English and the due

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ENGLISH 314, SPRING 2016

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS


M Jan 11 Introduction to course: definition of language and general
principles
of language change and variation
W Jan 13 See documents on general characteristics of language on
Sakai
F

Jan

Jan

15

Chrystal: Ch. 18, The Writing System, pp. 256-264


18

W Jan
20
Indo-Europeans

Martin Luther King Holiday


Essay by Calvert Watkins, Indo-European and the
See questions on Sakai.

F Jan
22 -- W Feb 3 Proto-Indo-European and Indo European
Languages
F Feb
(Sakai)
F

5 Characteristics of Germanic Languages and Grimms Law

Feb 12 TEST # 1

M Feb 15
Crystal: The Origins of English, pp. 6-7;
Etymology, pp. 136-139
W Feb 17 -- W March 2
documents on Sakai
F

Mar

Crystal: Old English, pp. 8-29;

Essay #1 due. See assignment on Sakai.

M Mar 7 -- F Mar 11
documents on Sakai

Crystal: Middle English, pp. 30-55;

SPRING BREAK
M

Mar 21

Mar 23

Mar 25

Middle English continued


Test #2
Good Friday. NO CLASS.

M Mar 28
Lexicon?

Crystal: Abbreviations, p. 120; How Large is Your


p. 123; The Sources of the Lexicon, pp.

124-133
Slang assignment. See Sakai.
W Mar 30 -- F April 1
Middle English continued. Individual
reading
of the first eighteen lines of the Prologue to The
Canterbury Tales
by appointment in Prof. Ebles office.
M
F

Apr 4 -- W Apr 13
Apr 15

Crystal: Early Modern English, pp. 57-64

Essay #2 due. See assignment on Sakai.

Apr 18

Crystal: Great Vowel Shift, pp. 55 and 69

Apr 20 -- W Apr 27 Crystal: Modern English, pp.76-91

Apr

29, 8 AM - 11 AM , Final Examination

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