A history of the English language

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  • Author: Drout, Michael D. C.
    Summary:

    Wheaton College professor Michael Drout addresses the foundation of language and its connectin to specific portions of the brain. The components of language are explained in easy-to-understand terms and the progression of language from Germanic to Modern English is fully illustrated. Finally, Drout examines the future not only of language, but of all the world's languages.

    Contents:
    • The foundations of language : brain, development, acquisition
    • Signs an meanings : semantics
    • Sounds of language : phonetics
    • Sound and meaning : phonology
    • Sound shifts and history
    • The rules : syntax
    • Words, words, words
    • The history of the English language
    • From Germanic to Old English
    • Borrowing and influence : Romans, Celts, Danes (Latin, Celtic, Scandinavian)
    • The Norman Conquest, the influence of French, and the development of Middle English
    • To modern English : the great vowel shift
    • You say soda, I say pop : dialect, variants, and the development of American English
    • A global language : the present and future of English.
    Genre: History, Social science, Instructional and educational works
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md. , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781449899233

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Abstract

Wheaton College professor Michael Drout addresses the foundation of language and its connectin to specific portions of the brain. The components of language are explained in easy-to-understand terms and the progression of language from Germanic to Modern English is fully illustrated. Finally, Drout examines the future not only of language, but of all the world's languages.

Genre
History
Social science
Instructional and educational works
Subject
History
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Prince Frederick, Md.

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

Recorded Books

[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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