MSt English Language Podcast
MSt English Language
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Language and History - episode of MSt English Language podcast

Language and History

26 minutes Posted Oct 30, 2012 at 12:46 pm.
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Prof. Simon Horobin examines how the English language has changed over time, addressing such vexed questions as whether Jane Austen could spell, the fate of the apostrophe and whether people who 'literally' explode with anger are corrupting the language. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/