The Aenglisc Blog

In an article on standardisation in Middle English, Michael Benskin discusses different aspects of the nature and spread of the standardi...

On the subject on the Norman Conquest, Angelika Lutz has written an interesting article on the transition from Old to Middle English. She...

An article by Rolf Berndt discusses the Norman Conquests’ linguistic effect on both the conquerors and the conquered. It's easy (and ...

I read an interesting article by Matthew Townend a while back, as part of a History of English module. Townend disputes that a bilingual so...

It's been 3 busy months since my last post. A-level German is darn challenging when you have barely used the language for 18 months. St...

Happy Valentine's Day - and may the odds be ever in your favour!  ... I probably messed that up. To the matter at hand: I recen...