History of the English language (documentary)

[Art Blade]

A nicely done documentary composed of seven parts. Unfortunately there is no playlist (edit: yes there is, link edited into this post) but YouTube will find the sequels when auto-playing. Simply put: it is very interesting. Probably equally interesting for anybody who speaks English no matter whether as a foreign language or as their native tongue.



Playlist 7 parts

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqzBA1LNbE&index=1&list=PLHzvYltPyWa-TPD3kKRGvG97wBHuUqVYo
Part 8

[PZ]

This looks like an interesting series - how language, and even individual words come into being is fascinating.

On my list 

[Art Blade]

it's from 2002 (which doesn't matter regarding the history of the language, nothing much has changed since 2002) and it's so refreshingly old school. No silly graphics, no over-the-top stuff, it's simply facts and presented in a compact way. I really enjoy this series.

[Art Blade]

I just found a playlist of this series with 7 parts, the 8th video was deleted for unknown reasons. However, I found the missing part 8, and I've just edited the first post.