Speech acts: Constative and performative - Entry #4

When are words just words and when do words force action? Watch this video and find out the difference between constative and performative words.

Words and phrases coined by Shakespeare

Advice on academic writing - Entry #2

Advice on academic writing from micaela crescini

How did English evolve? - Kate Gardoqui. Entry #3

This video tells us the origin of some English words that are frequently used nowadays. In the year 400 C.E. the Celtics in Britain were ruled by the Romans who protected them from the Barbarian tribes but soon after the Roman empire collapsed, the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain and they stablished their Germanic language as the common language. This is what we call "Old English".

In the 700, several Viking invasions divided the island into two, the Saxons on the one hand and the Danes, who spoke Old Norse, on the other hand. The mixture of Old English and Old Norse resulted from the marriage between this two cultures.

         Finally, in 1066, the Normans from France invaded Britain and placed William the Conqueror on the English throne and French became the language of the royalty. They also brought Clergy members who added words from Latin. Consequently, Old English took in words from different styles and origins and grew as the language that is today.

Entry #1

I hope you all have and excellent year, and remember...