The Story of the English Language July 13, 2012

What has happened to make the English language of a thousand or more years ago largely unintelligible to English speakers today? Why is our grammar so different from that of some otherwise closely related European languages? Why is our vocabulary so large? We will trace the influences that were at work over time to alter the language, spoken and written, and that have brought about such huge changes from Old English to the language of Chaucer; from then to the Early Modern English of Shakespeare and so to the English in its many variations spoken around the world in the 21st century. Details of this event may be subject to change. Please visit http://www.cce.usyd.edu.au/course/tsel for more information or to register.

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