The History Of The English Language Part II, Making Modern English
Examines the flowering of English as it entered its early modern phase, becoming differentiated from other continental European languages and borrowing from languages around the world. Also discusses the use of English by Shakespeare and in the Bible, and examines the role and influence of lexicogra...
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Chantilly, Va. :
Teaching Co.,
Ã1998.
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| Series: | Great courses (DVD). Literature & English language.
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Table of Contents:
- Disc 3. lecture 13. Return of English as a standard
- lecture 14. How we speak: the great vowel shift and the making of modern English
- lecture 15. What we say: the expanding English vocabulary
- lecture 16. Shape of modern English: changes in syntax and grammar
- lecture 17. Renaissance attitudes toward teaching English
- lecture 18. Language of Shakespeare (1): drama, grammar, and pronunciation
- Disc 4. lecture 19. Language of Shakespeare (2): poetry, sound, and sense
- lecture 20. Bible in English
- lecture 21. Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary
- lecture 22. New standards in English
- lecture 23. Semantic change: dictionaries and the histories of words
- lecture 24. Values and words in the 19th and 20th centuries.
