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Title: Surprises in the Ancestry of Old English
Author: John McWhorter
Narrator: John McWhorter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-02-12
Publisher: The Great Courses
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: History, Ancient
Publisher's Summary:
Trace the evidence that English derives from a language that was incompletely learned by invaders of northern Europe more than 2,000 years ago. Where were these people from? An analysis of sound changes in their language, Proto-Germanic, leads to an intriguing hypothesis.
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