English 571: Studies in the English Language

Topic: Language in the British Isles

Summer 2004

Preliminary Schedule


Week 01 (6/22 and 6/24): Overview

Week 02 (6/29 and 7/1): From Indo-European to Old English

Week 03 (7/6 and 7/8): Middle English dialects

Week 04 (7/13 and 7/15): Early Modern English and Southwestern dialects

Week 05 (7/20 and 7/22): Northern and Midlands dialects

Week 06 (7/27 and 7/29): Cockney and other urban vernaculars

Week 07 (8/3 and 8/5): Language in Scotland

Week 08 (8/10 and 8/12): Language in Ireland

Week 09 (8/17 and 8/19): Colonial English