The Language Podcast with Richard Simcott
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If you love learning about language - about its diversity and evolution, and where our modern words come from - then this is the podcast for you. Join language-lover and hyperpolyglot Richard Simcott as he learns valuable lessons and interesting facts from some of the world's foremost language experts. The first series is all about the evolution of English - from its roots in Old English..
The Language Podcast with Richard Simcott
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Join us as we delve into the rich history of Old English and its enduring influence on Modern English with Dr Mark Atherton, lecturer at the University of Oxford. Discover the origins of the language of Chaucer and the epic Beowulf, and explore the differences between Old, Middle and Modern English.
“In a way you could say that Old English is still with us. It's the language that each generation has been passing on.”
The English language is full of contradictory rules and peculiarities. That’s because it’s a hybrid language, one which has evolved over many years. To make sense of it, w ..read more