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The English Language

Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946)

A description and history of the development of the English Language and reflections on the influences that changed the language. - Summary by barbara2

Genre(s): Writing & Linguistics

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Ch. 1 The Origins of the English Language - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:16:37
Play 02	Ch. 1 The Origins of the English Language - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:17:20
Play 03	Ch. 2 Foreign Elements - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:26:49
Play 04	Ch. 2 Foreign Elements - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:21:23
Play 05	Ch. 3 Modern English	Barbara Baker	00:27:52
Play 06	Ch 4 Word-making in English - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:25:03
Play 07	Ch 4 Word-making in English - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:18:43
Play 08	Ch 5 Makers of English Words	Barbara Baker	00:24:38
Play 09	Ch 6 Language and History - the Earliest Period - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:20:00
Play 10	Ch 6 Language and History - the Earliest Period - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:18:39
Play 11	Ch 7 Language and History - the Dark and Middle Ages - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:17:35
Play 12	Ch 7 Language and History - the Dark and Middle Ages - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:34:21
Play 13	Ch 8 Language and History - the Modern Period - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:23:47
Play 14	Ch 8 Language and History - the Modern Period - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:15:43
Play 15	Ch 9 Language and Thought - Pt 1	Barbara Baker	00:26:30
Play 16	Ch 9 Language and Thought - Pt 2	Barbara Baker	00:27:29

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