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Creative Commons |
Hard words, best words words in use, writing the inventory of english |
English, as its vocabulary confirms, is constantly on the move - both words and meaning act as witnesses to time and change, revealing the diverse pathways of contact and conflict with other nations, as well as changes in culture and identity. |
Lynda Mugglestone |
09 Oct 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Babbling a Dialect of France: Loanwords, French, and Johnson's Dictionary |
Professor Mugglestone discusses the concept of loanwords in relationship to Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language. |
Lynda Mugglestone |
13 Feb 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Shakespeare and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) |
Professor Charlotte Brewer introduces the methodology behind the creation of the OED and how current activity to update the Dictionary may reveal new evidence about Shakespeare's impact on the English Language. |
Charlotte Brewer |
08 Nov 2011 |
