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Download full textTompkins, Gail E.; Yaden, David B., Jr. – 1986
Acknowledging that to study the development of a language is to study the history and culture of people and that English has been influenced by many geographic, political, economic, social, and linguistic forces, this booklet provides a ready reference for elementary and middle school/junior high school teachers confronted with students' questions…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Education, English
Peer reviewedParks, Roger L.; Vigil, Neddy – Hispania, 1992
A context-based framework for teaching the history of Portuguese is presented. It incorporates passages from a medieval Galician-Portuguese work to illustrate diachronic linguistic processes in the evolution of the language. Advantages of the approach, prerequisites, text, and syllabus are described, and a sample analysis is provided. (53…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, European History, Higher Education, Language Patterns
