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Sudden rush of blood defies language debate | Education | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

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  • Ant Heald on 01 Mar 13
     
    Jean Aitcheson Guardian article on neurolinguistic research.
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The genius of Jodie Foster's speech | Film | The Guardian - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...ie-foster-speech-golden-globes ENGB4 media text
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  • Ant Heald on 01 Mar 13
     
    Style model for media text.
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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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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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    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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Tutorial: Using Diigo to Annotate Web Content « Technology Teacher - 0 views

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  • Ant Heald on 14 Oct 12
     
    If you are new to Diigo this comprehensive tutorial will bamboozle you even further. Erm, I mean help you get to grips with it.
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The blog formerly known as English Language @SFX - 0 views

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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
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      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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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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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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    Clever people talk on video about interesting words. What's not to like?
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Why Slang Is Good For You - The Takeaway - 0 views

www.thetakeaway.org/...why-slang-good-you EngLang Alevel Engb3 varieties podcast audio variation
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  • Ant Heald on 27 Oct 12
     
    RT @DanSeanClayton: Why slang is good for you: http://t.co/ziZybgQJ #EngLang #Alevel
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Linguistic cleanliness? - 1 views

linguistics-research-digest.blogspot.co.uk/...-cleanliness-will-we-ever.html ENGB3 ENGA3 change
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  • Dan Clayton on 13 Dec 12
     
    Interesting LRD article on Kate Burridge's research into attitudes to language.
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Grammar rage on the net! - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...ar-bot-on-twitter-8405268.html ENGB3 technology ENGA3 change
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  • Dan Clayton on 13 Dec 12
     
    Attitudes to language change & technology.
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