History of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 2 of 3
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History of the English language, Seth Lerer, Part 2 of 3
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History of the English language
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Seth Lerer
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The Great Courses
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Presents lectures on the history of the English language
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Lecture 13. The 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. The shape of modern English, changes in syntax and grammar ; lecture 17. Renaissance attitudes toward teaching English ; lecture 18. The language of Shakespeare (1), drama, grammar, and pronunciation ; lecture 19. The language of Shakespeare (2), poetry, sound, and sense ; lecture 20. The 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
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