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Still Germanic? The Core of English Amid a Sea of Borrowings
Episode 30
Published 6 days ago
Description
Explore why modern English retains its Germanic grammatical bones even as a third of its vocabulary comes from French, Latin and other languages. This episode traces the linguistic journey from Old English through the Great Vowel Shift to today’s digital age, revealing how phonology, spelling and lexical integration shaped an enduring language.
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