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historical linguistics
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Friday, March 22, 2013
English Celticisms – the “Dummy Do” and “Obsessive Progressive”
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Last time I discussed the influence of the Norse settlers on English during the period between Old English and Middle English and how it f...
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Monday, March 18, 2013
The Simplification of English - Stage 2, The Viking Settlers
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The first written texts of Middle English in the late 12th century show a remarkable simplification from Old English, just a century or two ...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Grammar Mistakes That Aren’t
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I’ve just nicely started reading a new language book and want to share some thoughts from it. Robert Lane Greene is a writer who lives in...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Proto-Indo-European Homeland Puzzle
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The Indo-European Language Family Indo-European was the first language family to be identified. This discovery, and the beginning of mo...
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