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Apr 27, 2024
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ENGL 110 - Vocabulary and Word Origins
5.0 Credits
Explores diverse influences on English language evolution, including word origins, cross-cultural borrowings, historical patterns, and current trends. Prerequisite
Corequisite
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Outline the general history of the English language.
- Describe how new words are borrowed or developed for varied purposes, including informal conversation, civic discourse, scientific naming, etc.
- Describe the functions of prefixes, roots, and suffixes, and apply them to create meaning.
- Describe the basic principles of etymology, cross-cultural borrowing, and other means of language assimilation and development.
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