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Professor Bibhash Choudhury, Department of English, Gauhati University |  |\n| 2. Professor Lalan Kishore Singh, Department of English, Gauhati University |  |\n| 3. Dr. Merry Baruah, Department of English, Cotton University |  |\n| Course Coordinator : Dr. Prasenjit Das, Professor, Discipline of English, KKHSOU |  |\n| SLM Preparation Team Units\u003Cbr>1 – 15 | Contributors\u003Cbr>Sawpon Dowerah\u003Cbr>Academic Officer (Retd), SEBA |\n| Editorial Team\u003Cbr>Content : In house Editing\u003Cbr>Structure, Format and Graphics: Dr. Prasenjit Das |  |\n| January, 2024\u003Cbr> This Self Learning Material (SLM) of the Krishna Kanta Handiqui State University is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike4 .0 License (International) : [http.//creativecommons.org/l](http.//creativecommons.org/l)icenses/by-nc-sa/4 .0\u003Cbr>|  |\n| Printed and published by Registrar on behalf of the Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University. |  |\n\nHeadquarters: Patgaon, Rani Gate, Guwahati-781017 City Office: Resham Nagar, Khanapara, [Guwahati](Guwahati-781022 Web: www.kkhsou.in)[-](Guwahati-781022 Web: www.kkhsou.in)[781022 Web: www.kkhsou.in](Guwahati-781022 Web: www.kkhsou.in)  \nDSE 2 : LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS AND GRAMMAR  \nCONTENTS  \nUnit 1:  \nUnit 2:  \nUnit 3:  \nUnit 4:  \nUnit 5:  \nUnit 6:  \nHistory of the English Language I  \nOrigins of English—Anglo Saxon Period, Middle English Period, Modern English Period, Growth of Vocabulary—Borrowings from other Languages, Word Formation, Language Change: Grammar, Language Change: Spelling and Pronunciation, Basic Concepts of Language—Arbitrariness, Base, Comparative Philology, Dialects, Standard Language.  \nHistory of the English Language II  \nRenaissance: Rise of Modern English, Change of Meaning—Generalisation, Specialisation, Differentiation, Association of Ideas, Contributors to the development of English—The Contribution of William Shakespeare, The Contribution of Dr Johnson, The Contribution of T.S. 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