A History of the English Language Audiobook (Free)

Professor Drout addresses the building blocks of language and its link with specific servings of the mind. The components of language are described in easy-to-understand terms and the progression of the language from Germanic to Aged, Middle, and Modern British is completely illustrated-including such revolutionary vocabulary upheavals as those as a result of the Norman Conquest and the Great Vowel Shift. Perhaps one of the most interesting areas of the English vocabulary lies in its variants, such as the ‘soda pop’ vs. ‘pop’ debate and the place of African-American British in modern lifestyle. These and other dialectual curiosities are looked at at length and put into the context of the modern world. Finally, Professor Drout examines the future not only from the British language, but of all the world’s languages.