Learn to appreciate the unique place of English among Germanic languages by taking a look at its history through the prism of Anglo-French diglossia

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Learn about the status of English in the world today...

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Learn about the place of English in the Indo-European Family of languages...

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Learn about the main stages in the evolution of the English Language and why Middle English feels more familiar than Old English...

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‘And swine is good Saxon’, said the Jester; ‘but how call you the sow when she is flayed, and drawn, and quartered and hung up by the heels?...

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Learn why the French element came to dominate the terminology of heraldry...

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Learn about the new UK coins designed to form the image of the Royal Shield when pieced together and the political controversy they caused...

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Learn why today's language of the law is characterised by such a high proportion of Romance to Germanic words...

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Learn why the diplomatic register may be described as the variety of the English language, which came very short of becoming French...

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Learn about the development of the "informal" trend in the language as a linguistic reflex of democratisation of the British society...

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Take lessons in Plain English and become a conscientious objector against all types of gobbledygook...

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