E 412: History of the English Language

We meet TTh 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
in Bartlett 206.

WEEK 16 English Today

T 12 May. Prescritivism vs. Decriptivism

• Barber, EL, ch. 10 due.
• Crystal, § 7 (World English), pp. 92 ff. due.
• Lecture: "Optimalities"
• Review for Final Exam (STUDY GUIDES from previous tests are sufficient for the final).

FINAL EXAM is a take-home exam. It is due on or before May 15 at 4:00pm in Bartlett, my mailbox.

Exam options

1) If you received a B or better on your midterm, you can substitute a paper for your final exam. Paper topics are here. Papers are due on the first day of exams.

2) You can choose to take the final exam as scheduled or you can take an oral final exam. The oral final is 15 to 20 minutes long. I ask you questions, you answer them, and there is no opportunity to return to questions you miss. Benefits? 1) It's over in 20 minutes, and 2) there's no essay question. Let me know by the last day of class.

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Academic Schedule
Academic Calendar 2009