This course offers an overview of the English language that is literary, historical, cultural, political, and scientific in its scope and designed to give you greater insight into the written and spoken word.The lectures provide a thorough understanding of the history of the English language – from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples through the literary and cultural documents of its 1,500-year span to the state of American speech today.

Professor Lerer defines concepts by illustrating them with copious examples. He often speaks in the dialect appropriate to each lecture – be it Old English, Chaucer’s Middle English, or the colloquial style of Mark Twain’s most unforgettable characters.

Reviews

Loved them then
I listened to all of these twice through as borrowed library items. Loved them then, and am very happy to own the set now. Lerer is an orator.

Every English teacher should be listening!
Fantastic–I am going to incorporate some of this information in my English classes in the fall. If you are taking English in high school you should learn something about how the language came to be.

Product details

• Listening Length: 18 hours and 27 minutes
• Author: Seth Lerer, The Great Courses
• Narrator: Seth Lerer
• Audible.com Release Date: July 08, 2013
• Publisher: The Great Courses
• Program Type: Audiobook
• Version: Original recording
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00DTO56NU

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