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12  Early Modern English II
M 19 April  Spelling
Academic Calendar says Tuesday is a Wednesday, but Wednesday is also a Wednesday. We will hold Wednesday's class on the real Wednesday, unless it is declared to be another day.
W 21 April Dictionaries
- Read Reinhard Hartmann, "Dictionaries Today" in Momma & Matto, Companion.
- Read Charlotte Brewer, "Johnson, Webster, and the OED"
- Baugh & Cable, Appendix B
- Watch Dictionaries. BBC documentary on Dr. Johnson.
- Browse Oxford English Dictionary (browse here) for words beginning with Latin prefixes (pre-, anti-, omni-, pro-, etc)
- Compare them to other lexicons at LEME
- Assignment 8 is here.
- Paper topics are here
ASSIGNMENT 8 concerns questions about language raised during the Early Modern English period. You may need:
For a cogent dismembering of Sapir-Whorf, see John McWhorter, The Language Hoax.
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