‘Monday Scholars’ starts June 19

LITCHFIELD >> Monday Scholars: English in America: A Linguistic History with Dr. Natalie Schilling, will be held at the Oliver Wolcott Library, Litchfield, on Mondays, June 19 through July 31, 12:30-2 p.m.

Enjoy online learning and engaging discussion at the Oliver Wolcott Library with the Monday Scholars.

Monday Scholars combines the best of online learning with face-to-face classroom discussion. Each week, a new lecture topic will be watched and discussed in the library’s Jamie Gagarin Community Room. This session’s course will be English in America: A Linguistic History. Patricia Moore will facilitate a group discussion. Participants only need to come ready to engage their minds and participate in discussion. There’s an incredibly rich and colorful history behind American English. A profoundly diverse assortment of cultures and heritages has influenced our vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar, and the language continues to grow and shift. From the dialects of the first colonies to the influences of various immigrant groups as well as today’s technology, we’ll learn and discuss them all. Dr. Natalie Schilling is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She holds a doctorate in Linguistics and bachelor’s in English from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master’s degree in English from North Carolina State University. All Oliver Wolcott Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or logging onto www.owlibrary. org and clicking on Programs/ Adult Programs.