Bibliograph

The history of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 1

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The history of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 1

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

The history of the English language

Oclc number

233825027

Responsibility statement

Seth Lerer

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Series statement

The great courses

Summary

This course introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day

Table Of Contents

Pt. 1. Lecture 1. Introduction to the study of language -- Lecture 2. The historical study of language -- Lecture 3. Indo-European and the prehistory of English -- Lecture 4. Reconstructing meaning and sound -- Lecture 5. Historical linguistics and studying culture -- Lecture 6. The beginnings of English -- Lecture 7. The Old English worldview -- Lecture 8. Did the Normans really conquer English? -- Lecture 9. What did the Normans do to English? -- Lecture 10. Chaucer's English -- Lecture 11. Dialect representations in Middle English -- Lecture12. Medieval attitudes toward language

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live action

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