Ellen Massey

I did okay in Ms. Massey's class, but I found a love for languages and linguistics. Her lectures on the History of English still stick with me. 1066 was the year that English changed. What are the characteristics of a language for it to become a linguia franca? Ease of learning, political success of the speakers, and economic success of the speakers. And more....

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