Quote by Kory Stamper Download Open image ““In the sixteenth century, English was established as a language of record;”” — Kory Stamper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Writers in what we now call the Middle English period (late twelfth century to 1485) did not necessarily always write in English. The language… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“During the period of the Renaissance, the English language changed very swiftly in keeping with rapid social, economic and political changes. However, writers in… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
“Remarkably, this Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (as it was later known) was written not in Latin, as was the practice in virtually every other literate corner of Europe, but in the everyday language that people spoke. By the end of the tenth century, this language had a name for the new state: it was ‘the land of the Angles’, Engla lond.4” — Marc Morris Copy Share
“The range and variety of Chaucer's English did much to establish English as a national language. Chaucer also contributed much to the formation of a standard English based on the dialect of the East Midlands region which was basically the dialect of London which Chaucer himself spoke. Indeed, by the end of the fourteenth century the educated language of London,… — Ronald Carter Copy Share
“What the two views hold in common is establishing the historical setting in the Late Bronze Age (1550–1200).” — Kenneth A. Mathews Copy Share Image
“Yet despite these advantages, England’s empire remained unlaunched until the seventeenth century. The problem is a dog-in-the-night” — Felipe Fernández-Armesto Copy Share Image
. . . the fact that [English] has shed most of the old grammatical forms which time has rendered useless and scarcely intelligible, has… — Sylvia Pankhurst Copy Share Image
English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“The spread of languages shouldn't imply the decay of national languages. There are so many literary and historical memories, so many joys and sorrows… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
Once I spoke about this subject among a group of English intellectuals. One of them was a professor on Roman Law at one of the leading British universities. I asked him,what was the official language of the Byzantine Empire? He said, maybe sometime in the sixth or the seventh century.The Justinian Codex, the rule of law in the Byzantine Empire… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share
“Under ordinary circumstances, we learn to speak before we learn to read, and anyone who has tried to learn a foreign language knows that… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Like many things that are claimed as Western inventions, grammar was first practiced in the East. According to scholars, there is a rich tradition… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
Whenever you try and simplify how people speak, it's just hard to squish them into a simple rule. Language doesn't work that way. — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“It is best, in fact, to assume that every verbal illustration you write will offend someone, somewhere, at some point.” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t story (good or bad) that pulled me in; it was English itself, the way it felt in my braces-caged mouth and rattled… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Removing racial slurs from the dictionary will not eliminate racism; removing “injustice” from the dictionary will not bring about justice. If it were really… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
What makes autocorrect really interesting for a lexicographer is we read in a very weird way. A lot of times we'll catch things that… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
I make the case in the book that Standard English, that language we all aspire to live and move and have our being within,… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“bor·bo·ryg·mus \ˌbȯr-bə-ˈrig-məs\ n, pl bor·bo·ryg·mi \-ˌmī\ : intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas (MWC11)” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“Person, Place, Thing (Noun); Describes Action (Verb); Modifies Nouns (Adjective); Answers the W Questions (Adverb); Joins Words Together (Conjunction); Things We Say When We… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
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