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Course SyllabusEng 409 Level Seven / Four Year

History of LanguageIntroduction to linguistics- Phonology-Syntax - Semantics-grammar

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Augment the student's knowledge of the historical development of English language.• Identify linguistic, political, social, intellectual, and other factors that have contributed to the change of English over

time.• Explain the linguistic changes that led to the development of English.• Introduce the phonetic, morphological and syntactic changes of English.• Appreciate English language history and analysing reasons for historical change

• Lecture• Discussion• Cooperative Learning• Case analysis

Types of Assignments:• Pre class activities• Individualized based activities/assignments• Grou based activities/assi nments

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1 Quiz One Week 5 5 %

Final Exam End of thesemester 60%

Assessment Assessment task Week due Pro ortion ofFinal Assessment

2 Quiz Two Weak 8 5 %3 A power-point presentation Week 10 5 %4 Mid-term Exam Weak 11 15 %5 term paper Week 14 10 %

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Indicate students' rights and responsibilities associated with this course.Criteria for Rating Students• A model answer is to be provided after each test/quiz to serve as the criterion for rating students

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• For group work, the attached rubric defines the individual accountability within group work.Guidelines for Assignments:1. Assignments are to be printed or clearly hand written on an A4 blank or lined plain paper.2. Marks will be deducted from all late work.Attendance Policy:1. Attendance will be taken each time. Thus, missing a class seriously affects grades. In addition, any student who would miss more than

three classes will be subject to be forbidden from entering the final exam.2. Mobile phones must be turned off in the classroom; violating this rule will result in not taking the attendance of the student.3. If any student enters late in class two times, on the third time her attendance will not be counted.Academic IntegrityThe faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree dependsupon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard ofindividual honour in her scholastic work.Scholastic Dishonesty: any student who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject to discipline. Scholastic dishonesty includes but isnot limited to cheating, plagiarism, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to anotherperson, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts.Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is unacceptable and will be dealtwith accordingly.Withdrawal from ClassThe administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level courses. These dates and times are announced in thedepartment. Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. Ymust do the properpaperwork to ensure that you will not receive a final

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Topics to be Covered

1- Introduction(language and its importance, the characteristics of language,English language and its importance, historical linguistics .the importance ofstudvinz the history of language2- Language origins, Indo-European languages, language family, language

olozv, Germanic languages, cognate words3-. The major changes from indo-European to Germanic .Grirnrn's Law,Verner's Law4- Old English (Anglo-Saxons, old English dialects, the linguistic features ofthe old English5. Middle English (the linguistic features of the Middle English6- Modern English (the linguistic features of Modern English7. American and British English-Required Text(s):

• Algeo, I., & Pyles, T. (2010). The origins and development of the English language (6th ed.). Boston, MA: WadsworthCengage Learning.

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2. Essential References:• Baugh, A. c., & Cable, T. (2002). A history of the English language (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ.: Prentice Hall.

3- Recommended Books and Reference Material (Journals, Reports, etc) (Attach List).• Mugglestone, L. (2008). The Oxford history of English. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.• Kemenade, A. v., & Los, B. (2006). The handbook of the history of English. Maiden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Pub.

4-.Electronic Materials, Web Sites etc:

• Instructor's personal web site and email

• On line resources

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