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English: why the discipline may not be 'too big to fail' | Features | Times Higher Educ... - 0 views

www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/...2008473.article
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  • janejlocane on 17 Jan 22
     
    It's interesting, thanks!
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The grammar teacher | Grammar for fun, challenge, interest and creativity - 2 views

teach-grammar.com English grammar teaching articles
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  • Ant Heald on 10 Nov 12
     
    UK focused site aimed at native language English teachers.
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The blog formerly known as English Language @SFX: Media texts and Language interventions - 1 views

englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk/...nd-language-interventions.html
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  • Ant Heald on 01 Mar 13
     
    List if links to style models for AQA spec A & B A2 coursework.
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Regularize English Spelling | First, we will not force anyone who can read to learn a n... - 2 views

regularizingenglishspelling.wordpress.com
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  • Ant Heald on 21 Jan 13
     
    Being a prescriptivist does not necessarily mean being a linguistic conservative.
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Studying the History of English - 0 views

www.uni-due.de/...SHE_Themes.htm
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  • Ant Heald on 20 Jan 13
     
    Comprehensive coverage of History of English and Language Change issues from the University of Duisberg
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The Rise of Prescriptivism in English - 2 views

uqu.edu.sa/...011.pdf prescriptivism ENGB3 attitudes academy
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  • Ant Heald on 11 Jan 13
     
    Academic paper on eighteenth century prescriptivism, the 'Academy' question etc
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Shakespeare's English - 1 views

courses.nus.edu.sg/...Shakespeare.htm ENGB3 shakespeare language change
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  • Ant Heald on 14 Dec 12
     
    Handy summary of key changes between Shakespeare and present day English (PDE) broken down by linguistic features.
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Bishop Robert Lowth's " A Short Introduction to English Grammar" (1762) - 1 views

ia600306.us.archive.org/...shortintroductio00lowtrich.pdf grammar change documents pdf facsimile prescriptivism ENGB3 Lowth
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  • Ant Heald on 18 Nov 12
     
    Facsimile edition of Lowth's Gramma
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Words of the World (from Nottingham University) - 1 views

www.wordsoftheworld.co.uk/...disappeared.html english words language lexicography videos language change engb3 nottingham university lecturers lexicon vocabulary
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  • Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12
     
    Clever people talk on video about interesting words. What's not to like?
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The blog formerly known as English Language @SFX - 0 views

englishlangsfx.blogspot.co.uk
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      Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
       
      Interesting: To me, 'voice calls' contrasts with 'texts' as a function of mobile phone use, rather than video calls.
  • Anglocreep is a word for the gentle drift of British English terms into the US English vernacular -
    • Ant Heald
      Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
       
      I think it's widely assumed that there is one-way traffic, with 'Americanism' coming into British English, so it's interesting to note that it cuts both ways.
  • Essex
    • Ant Heald
      Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
       
      But we won't hold that against it.
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  • Language is clearly being affected in different ways by advances in technology
    • Ant Heald
      Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
       
      This is a useful demonstration of how, for ENGB3 as a synoptic unit, links between AS social contexts from ENGB1 (such as technology) and the ENGB3 language change topic can be very productive.
  • The blog
    • Ant Heald
      Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
       
      Written by the wonderful Dan Clayton! Doyen of the English Language List, & editor & author of some great English Language text books and stuff.
  • The Guardian has been running some really useful material for ENGA2 recently
    • Ant Heald
      Ant Heald on 21 Oct 12
       
      Also useful, of course for ENGB1 (gender), ENGB2 & ENGB4 (style models for original writing & media text - where language is a focus - and possible data/ideas for inverstigation), and ENGB3 - changing language use in representation of gender.
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Exploring the English language - LearningSpace - The Open University - 2 views

openlearn.open.ac.uk/...view.php Engb3 change History development open university language English
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  • Ant Heald on 20 Oct 12
     
    An open access Open University self-supported study course on language change over the past 500 years
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Jean Aitcheson's Language Change: Progress or Decay « i love english language - 0 views

aggslanguage.wordpress.com/guage-change-progress-or-decay engb3 change language english decay progress aitcheson
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  • Ant Heald on 20 Oct 12
     
    Useful blog post summarising Aitcheson's theories
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GCE English Language: Language Variation - 0 views

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/sh-language-language-variation english language variation engb3
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  • Ant Heald on 13 Oct 12
     
    Although geared towards the WJEC English Language A-level specification, there is plenty of material directly relevant to other specifications (notably the Language Change topic for ENGB3 of the AQA Spec B)

Welcome to the English Language List Diigo group - 0 views

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