The Language Stoodle

This is a Blog for Malmesbury School A2 English Language students which will focus on Language Change and coursework assignments.

Friday, 31 December 2010

Read this:

28 December 2010 Bbc News Magazine
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Labels: Language Change and Technology

Language and the influence of technology

A light hearted look at techno-speak:
You can read the article above or go direct to the BBC site
THE BBC NEWS MAGAZINE
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A bit of fun with homophones

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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

A Selection of Investigation Titles

Investigation Title Ideas
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LINKS

  • A great site looking at American English. Worth a look!
  • Great Blog to help with Investigations - Grammar, Language Varieties etc.
  • Language Change Time Line - useful
  • The Great Vowel Shift
  • Experts talking about the origin of specific words
  • All The Adventures of English. EXCELLENT!
  • Routes of English Series 1 - 4 BBC Radio 4
  • Olde English Sayings. Where do they come from?
  • LANGUAGE CHANGE - Be a language time traveller
  • LANGUAGE CHANGE - Time Line
  • LANGUAGE CHANGE and the written word
  • Print adverts from 1940s to present day
  • Etymology of everyday phrases
  • FREE etymology dictionary

Other Blogs Worth Looking at.

  • Detailed and clever
  • Grammar and other interesting things

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