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The Evolution of the English Language

08 Friday Jul 2011

Posted by Anne in Language

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British Library, English, Language, Time line

I mentioned Stan’s list of links at Sentence First from a few days ago, and then said a few words about Venetian. One of the other links he posted was one to British Library’s Time Line of the English Language. A nice little interactive overview of the evolution of the English language. Check it out here 

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