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MSt English Language

Oxford University

Oxford’s English Faculty will offer students the opportunity to undertake a Master’s in English Language for the first time from October 2012. Learn more about this brand new course and gain an insight into the area from some of Oxford’s experts, including one of the conveners of the new course Professor Deborah Cameron. Find out more about the course at the English Faculty’s website: http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/ Photograph taken by Joseph Caruana, DPhil Astrophysics (Christ Church) as part of a students’ photography competition.

  • 26 minutes 40 seconds
    Language and History
    Prof. Simon Horobin examines how the English language has changed over time, addressing such vexed questions as whether Jane Austen could spell, the fate of the apostrophe and whether people who 'literally' explode with anger are corrupting the language.
    30 October 2012, 12:46 pm
  • 19 minutes 31 seconds
    History of English Pronunciation
    Do we really know what Chaucer's poetry sounded like? Professor Simon Horobin introduces evidence that gives us an insight into the history of English pronunciation and explores what it tells us about how and why changes in language take place.
    30 November 2011, 1:14 pm
  • 13 minutes 23 seconds
    Shakespeare and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
    Professor Charlotte Brewer introduces the methodology behind the creation of the OED and how current activity to update the Dictionary may reveal new evidence about Shakespeare's impact on the English Language.
    8 November 2011, 3:19 pm
  • 16 minutes 15 seconds
    English and Gender
    Professor Deborah Cameron explores some of the key theories surrounding the use of language by women and men. Are we really so different?
    21 October 2011, 5:27 pm
  • 3 minutes 43 seconds
    Introduction to the MSt in English Language
    Professor Deborah Cameron introduces the new Master's course in English Language offered by the University of Oxford.
    21 October 2011, 5:25 pm
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