This week I will be mentioning resources that interest me.
I have a fascination with the history of the English language.
For years, I have been following the podcast lectures of Stuart D. Lee from Oxford University.
He teaches a class on Olde English- fascinating stuff and all free!!!
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/
If you are very interested in Olde English you can take this online course:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/
For people that are more into how sounds are made,
I found a really good site for help with IPA and placement:
http://www.sil.org/computing/ipahelp/ipaartr2.htm
How about this for word origins?
This is a site that is updated weekly that focuses on the origins of specific words:
http://www.takeourword.com/index.html
For more advanced learners of English and lovers of English.
Check this out:
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
It is the Cambridge History of English and American Literature
(Considered the most important work of literary history and criticism ever published!)
I hope that you like this links as much as I do.
Please let me know what you think and what sites you like the best.
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I guess one of my hobbies is playing with words, trying to figure out where they came from, and observing how language changes. PRI (Public Radio International) produces a weekly podcast, The World in Words— http://www.theworld.org/rss/twiw.xml The first one I ever heard was an interview with someone who was doing a pidginization experiment. Recent topics include Spelling Obama in Chinese and Baby Talk, Ukranian Talk, and Translated Punk Talk.
ReplyDeleteI'm baack :-) Here's another site that might interest you. It's Separated by a Common Language, a blog written by an American living in England, in which she talks about differences between British and American English— http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteGREAT LINKS NANCY!!! Thanks :)
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