History of the English language: Part 2 of 3
(Audiobook CD)

Part II. Lecture 13. The return of English as a standard

lecture 14. How we speak, the great vowel shift and the making of modern English

lecture 15. What we say, the expanding English vocabulary

lecture 16. The shape of modern English, changes in syntax and grammar

lecture 17. Renaissance attitudes toward teaching English

lecture 18. The language of Shakespeare (Part 1), drama, grammar, and pronunciation

lecture 19. The language of Shakespeare (Part 2), poetry, sound, and sense

lecture 20. The Bible in English

lecture 21. Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary

lecture 22. New standards in English

lecture 23. Semantic change, dictionaries and the histories of words

lecture 24. Values and words in the 19th and 20th Centuries.