ENGL 3521 - The American Language

Credit Hours: (3)

Description: Changing nature and variety of American English, especially in vocabulary and usage, its range, formal, informal, written, colloquial, and standard and dialectal variations; shifting standards of usage especially reflected in dictionaries; appropriateness dependent upon context; and language as both reflector and shaper of thought. PREREQUISITE: ENGL 1010 and 1020 with a “C-” or better, or their equivalent.