ENGL 584

Fall 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

Topics Discourse and Writing

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Credit: 4 hours.

Focuses on the modes of inquiry central to writing research. The course topic will vary each term and may address such issues as cognitive research and writing, ethnographic research and writing, and discourse analysis and writing.

Same as CI 569. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in writing studies or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 584 class schedule data for fall 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39504	Lecture-Discussion	E	1:00PM -2:50PM	M	English Building	Russell, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/16-12/07/16 Section Title: History of Engl Language Section Info: Topic Section E: History of the English Language Once the inconsequential language of a colonized people living on a small island off of the North Sea and now an international language spoken by a half billion people, English has a 1200-year history full of dramatic and bizarre turns. This course will trace those turns, considering the phonological, syntactic, morphological, sociolinguistic, pragmatic, generic, and ideological characteristics of English at various periods in time (Old English, Middle English, Early Modern and Modern English, present-day Englishes). We will explore both “internal” processes of change (e.g., shifts in grammar and sound) and “external” processes of change (e.g., social and cultural watersheds) as we map not only what the language has looked like but who has used it and to what ends. The course will serve as an introduction to historical language scholarship, but it emphasizes that historical language scholarship is a methodology broadly useful for rhetorical studies, cultural studies, literary historical studies, post/colonial studies, language studies, and the teaching of writing. No previous experience with language study or linguistics is required. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.