LING 3365 - History of the English Language

Credits: 3

An examination of the internal and external processes and forces that react with languages to cause language change. An overview of philology and philological processes. Pre-human (hominid) communication systems and the origin and development of homo sapiens as a species and their language. A review of the Nostratic Period of human development and language, followed by a review of the language, culture, and migrations of the Indo-Europeans. Subsequently a survey of the patterns and events which shaped the English language from the time of the early Germanics to 1800. Prereq: LING 3360