История английского языка

BBC, 1997. The author of the acclaimed The Lost Continent now steers us through the quirks and byways of the English language. We learn why island, freight, and colonel are spelled in such unphonetic ways, why four has a u in it but forty doesn't, plus bizarre and enlightening facts about some of the patriarchs of this peculiar language. BBC R4 - Bill Bryson's 'Mother Tongue'...

BBC, 1997. The author of the acclaimed The Lost Continent now steers us through the quirks and byways of the English language. We learn why island, freight, and colonel are spelled in such unphonetic ways, why four has a u in it but forty doesn't, plus bizarre and enlightening facts about some of the patriarchs of this peculiar language. BBC R4 - Bill Bryson's 'Mother Tongue'...

Read by Drout Mickael D.C. — Recorded Books, 2009. — 96 kbps. — Duration 08:20:00. — ASIN B002Q1IUOO. PDF Professor Drout addresses the foundation of language and its connection to specific portions of the brain. The components of language are explained in easy-to-understand terms and the progression of the language from Germanic to Old, Middle, and Modern English is fully...

35 аудиолекций по истории английского языка. Выходные данные неизвестны. Introduction to the Study of Language. The Historical Study of Language-Methods and Approaches. The Prehistory of English-The Indo-European Context. Reconstructing Meaning and Sound. Words and Worlds-Historical Linguistics and the Study of Culture. The Beginnings of English. Old English-The Anglo-Saxon...