Language & Linguistics 2011-12 Language & Linguistics 2011-12 Contents Core Textbooks Morphology Sociolinguistics Historical Linguistics English Language Discourse…

Introduction The rise of English Protestantism and the ultimate victory of Oliver Cromwell produced a curious phenomenon in early modern England: the silencing and eventual…

1. Shakespeare’s LanguageRomeo & JulietBy Erin Salona 2. Shakespeare’s English Shakespeare did not write in Old English or Middle English. 3. Shakespeare wrote in…

1. Shakespeare’sLanguageROMEO & JULIET 2. Shakespeare’s English Shakespeare did not write inOld English or Middle English. Shakespeare wrote in EarlyModern…

1. By Camilo Saavedra Language history and change 2. XIX century linguists came up with the idea of the existence of a proto-Indo-european family of languages Languages from…

1. Beowulf:The Beginnings of English Literature 2. OriginsUnknown author;possibly one Christianauthor in Anglo-Saxon EnglandUnknown date ofcomposition (roughly8th-11th…

1. ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD 2. As you know there are many countries where the English language is spoken.For instance: 3.   4.   5. The United Kingdom 6. The British Isles…

1. Chapter One: A World Language “Worlds of English” Introduction to International English 2. Contents The aims of the studies are to enable pupils to give examples of…

Slide 1WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 97501023 Phoebe 97504056 Shirley Slide 2 I. CHANGES IN ENGLISH AT SHAKESPEARES TIME Slide 3 William Shakespeare…

Slide 1Diachronic study and language change Corpus Linguistics Richard Xiao [email protected] Slide 2 Aims of this session Lecture – Corpora vs. diachronic study…