The History Of The English Language Part III, English In America And Beyond

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Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Other Authors: Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., Ã1998.
Edition:[Library ed.].
Series:Great courses (DVD). Literature & English language.
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Table of Contents:
  • [Disc 5]. Lecture 25. The beginnings of American English ; Lecture 26. Making the American language: from Noah Webster to H.L. Mencken ; Lecture 27. The rhetoric of independence from Jefferson to Lincoln ; Lecture 28. The language of the American self ; Lecture 29. American regionalism ; Lecture 30. American dialects in literature
  • [Disc 6]. Lecture 31. The impact of African-American English ; Lecture 32. An Anglophone world ; Lecture 33. The language of science: the changing nature of twentieth-century English ; Lecture 34. The science of language: the study of language in the twentieth century ; Lecture 35. Modern linguistics and the politics of language study ; Lecture 36. Conclusions and provocations.