LIN108 Fall 2007 | Paul M. Heider - University at Buffalo

The Roots of English (LIN108)

Office Hours:: M 15-16, TH 11-13
Meeting Time and Place:: M W F, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM, 250 PARK
Course Catalog Description:: Word roots in English, their history and development, meanings and combinations, usage and variations. Borrowings into and from English. English as a world language.

Homework 3

Files

Slideshows

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In-Class Etymological Study Requirements

Available from most any dictionary

IPA transcription
Morpheme list with glosses and descriptions (e.g., free, productive) (starting September 19th)

Available from the Oxford English Dictionary

Earliest entry into English
Source language and history back to earliest record in any language
Major semantic shifts in English (starting September 24th)
At least one other related word with a definition

Using IPA Fonts

A Guide to installing and using IPA on Mac OS X
A webpage that lets you write the IPA symbols to an image (PNG, GIF, or PDF)
Download a fontset put out by SIL

Literature Cited

(unless otherwise mentioned, all citations are in Pyles and Algeo)

"Antony and Cleopatra II.i.11-19": by William Shakespeare; cited on page 239
"Death Be Not Proud": by John Donne; referenced on page 235-6
"Don Juan 6.100-102": by Lord Byron; cited on page 261
"General Prologue to Cantebury Tales 1-33": by Geoffrey Chaucer; cited on page 19
"General Prologue to Cantebury Tales 43-78": by Geoffrey Chaucer; cited on page 238
"General Prologue to Cantebury Tales 285-310": by Geoffrey Chaucer; cited on page 238
"Jabberwocky": by Lewis Carroll; cited on page 262
"King Lear 3.4.137-146": by William Shakespeare; cited on page 231
"Merchant of Venice II.vii": by William Shakespeare; cited on page 236
"Ode to a Nightingale": by John Keats; cited on page 231, 261
"One-Hoss Shay": by Oliver Wendell Holme; cited on page 261
"Plain Language from Truthful James": by Bret Harte; cited on page 261
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight pg. 32": by Anonymous; cited on page 262
"The Eve of St. Agnes": by John Keats; cited on page 19
"The Rivals I.6": by Richard Sheridan; cited on page 236
"To a Mouse": by Robert Burns; cited on page 10; useful commentary
"To R. K.": by James Kenneth Stephens; cited on page 261
"Troilus and Criseyde 1.421-427": by Geoffrey Chaucer; cited on page 231

Bibliography

(The required and recommended books are available at Talking Leaves)

(Required) Algeo, John and Thomas Pyles. The Origins and Development of the English Language. Thomson. (Fifth Edition; ISBN-13: 978-0155070554)

(Recommended) Denning, Keith and William R. Leben. English vocabulary elements. Oxford UP. (ISBN: 978-0-19-506609-8)