Eyes Like Blank DiscsThe Guardian's Steven Poole On George Orwell's Politics And The English Language
Article
2013
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Poole's review of Orwell is itself a textbook example of the kind of alienated response described by Orwell, Fromm and Schmidt. Whereas Orwell's essay is the work of an impassioned, outspoken individu...
Here's What Shakespeare's Plays Sounded Like With Their Original English AccentAbraham
Article
2011
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In this short documentary, linguist David Crystal and his son, actor Ben Crystal, look at the differences between English pronunciation now and how it was spoken 400 years ago. They answer the most ba...
Made in AmericaAn Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Bryson, Bill
Book
1994
A history of American English.
Talk Talk TalkAn Investigation into the Mystery of Speech
Ingram, Jay
Book
1992
Ingram explores the many aspects of talking.