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  1. A Civil Tongue
    South Sudan tries to learn English

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    South Sudan has proclaimed English its official language as part of an attempt to encourage economic growth.
  2. Connexions Digest
    Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
  3. The Elements of Style
    Resource Type: Book
  4. Here's What Shakespeare's Plays Sounded Like With Their Original English Accent
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    In this short documentary, linguist David Crystal and his son, actor Ben Crystal, look at the differences between English pronunciation now and how it was spoken 400 years ago. They answer the most basic question you probably have right now — How do you know what it sounded like back then? — and they discuss the value of performing Shakespeare’s plays in the original accent…
  5. Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
    With additional material from a Thesaurus of Old English

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2009
    A historical thesuarus that presents synonyms and their meanings in chronological order, noting their appearance and disappearance, representing a map of the development of words in the English language.
  6. Langenschedit's Universal Dictionary English-German German-English
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1957
  7. Made in America
    An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1994
    A history of American English.
  8. The Meaning of Everything
    The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2003
  9. The Oxford Companion to the English Language
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1992
    An encyclopedia of English everywhere, everytime.
  10. The Oxford Companion to the English Language
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1992
  11. Oxford-Duden Bildworterbuch Deutsch und Englisch
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1980
    German-English pictorial dictionary. Each double page contains a plate illustrating the vocabulary of a whole subject, together with the exact German names and their correct English translations. 384 zum Teil mehrfarbige Bildtaflen erlautern besser als alle Definitionen etwas 28000 Worter aus allen Bereichen unseres Lebens and unserer Umwelt; jedes Wort wird sowohl auf deutsch als auf englisch angefuhrt. Ein alphabetisches Register in jeder der beiden Sprachen ermoglicht den Zugang vom einzelnen Stichwort her.
  12. The Oxford English Reference Dictionary
    Second Edition

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1996
  13. The Oxford Guide to Writing & Speaking
    The Key to Effective Communication

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1998
  14. Simon Fraser University
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  15. Spell It Out
    The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2013
    David Crystal offers up explanations of how English spellling, while not simple, can be sensible if you look at the history of the language and its vocabulary.
  16. The Story of English
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1992
  17. Wildhagen English-German German-English Dictionary
    Volume I English-German

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
  18. Wildhagen English-German German-English Dictionary
    Volume II German-English

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973

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