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The Routes of English: 1,000 Years of Spoken English: 1: Coining It

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In six programmes Melvyn Bragg continues his exploration of the history of the spoken language of Britain.

New words - linguists refer to them as coinages - are as old as the English language itself. Bragg traces the history of linguistic innovation from the Middle Ages, through the inventiveness of the Industrial Revolution, to the latest creations of the new technology.

(Repeated from Friday)

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Melvyn Bragg
Source: Radio Times

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