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# Learning Outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand how the English language has changed over time from its origins to the present day
- understand the relationship between the history of the English language and social and political processes
- understand methods of enquiry into English language, viewed diachronically and synchronically with awareness of the limitations of any one approach
- deploy skills in handling information relating to quantification in various aspects including time in relation to the courses historical aspect and very simple presentation of statistical data
- demonstrate an awareness of a range of techniques in linguistics for the analysis of data including those related to corpora.

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