EH 401 - The English Language

1.  Demonstrate understanding of the systems that constitute language                                     (morphology, syntax, phonology, semantics, lexicon);
2.  Demonstrate understanding of how children acquire language;
3.  Demonstrate understanding of how and why language changes;
4.  Demonstrate knowledge of language diversity, e.g., types of dialects;
5.  Demonstrate basic understanding of the roles that the brain plays in language;
6.  Demonstrate understanding of how writing systems developed;
7.  Demonstrate understanding of the history of the English language from its                         origins to the present.