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.