Week 12: Language Change in Time

1. Carefully read Chapter 11 from An Introduction to Language, pp. 499-536.  Take notes while reading, so you can bring along your questions and any points unclear to you to the next class meeting. 

2. Attempt to do the exercises, pp. 538-543.  Bring any questions or doubts to the next class.

3. Participate in the class discussion of the chapter's contents and the exercises.  Make sure that you understand the material.  Ask again if you don't understand.  Once you can do the exercises, type them as a Microsoft Word or any other word processing document and save it into a floppy or a USB. 

4. Review the material with the help of the chapter's summary, pp. 536-537.  Remember to use the Glossary of linguistic terms, pp. 573-598, and Index, pp. 599-620.  

5. Submit online your homework, the exercises to this chapter.  To do so, click here, select Homework from the menu on the left, then select Chapter 7 Homework Submission and follow the instructions.

6. After the homework deadline has passed, you can check the correct answers by clicking here, selecting Tools from the menu on the left, selecting View Grades, and checking the file returned to you by the instructor.

7. Extra credit additional study:  Go and explore at least two of the related Internet sites below.  Summarize them and show it to the instructor.  Focus on how the sites expand on the information found in the textbook. 

       What is the Great Vowel Shift?

       Chaucer's Vowels

       A Brief Survey of the History of English

       The Chronology of Events in the History of English

        William Caxton and the Printing Press

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