This unit will survey the history of English (origins, development, diversification, recent convergence, etc; including the origins and development of the key features which distinguish the main varieties of the language), and the relevant basic aspects of theoretical historical linguistics and philology. It will also deal with the main sociolinguistic facts and issues associated with the statuses and functions of the English language as it exists today and of the key varieties of English in the various societies in which they are used. -- Course Website
Instructor: Howie Manns
Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Linguistics and 12 points of Linguistics at 2nd year level.
