English Language
English is a West Germanic language first spoken in early medieval England, which eventually became the leading language of international discourse in the 21st century. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the area of Great Britain that later took their name, England. Both names derive from Anglia, a peninsula on the Baltic Sea. English is most closely related to Frisian and Low Saxon, while its vocabulary has been significantly influenced by other Germanic languages, particularly Old Norse (a North Germanic language), as well as Latin and French.English has developed over the …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English
The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …
asked of me but because I wanted to master the English language. One of the exercises that my mom helped … three?” Another way I worked at learning the English language was to do the shopping for the family at …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1829) both introduced and epitomized the great philosophical controversies of his age. His influential text Von den göttlichen Dingen und Ihrer Offenbarung aroused the final debate about …
mind and mastery over both the German and the English language, his tireless spirit, have guided each and …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English
Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …
to the interconnectedness of what in the English language is called “species,” but also to the land …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English
“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …
to bring this notion of animacy into the English language”? She expressed discomfort with “calling …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 October 2024 English
Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage …
coasts or on the islands, are probably the English language academies whose signs you can see up in the …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …
argue for the Surrealist po- tential of the English language. And his early experience of these varying …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 October 2024 English
With a shock, these frankenlines come alive. In Recombinant Theory a monster surges forth, a new freedom is sung.
oppressors. So I wrote a manifesto for the English language. So I wrote a manifesto for resistance to …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 8 October 2024 English
101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans. Do you know who was in the first on-screen nude scene in a Canadian feature film? Or which David Cronenberg …
half- truth. Amanita Pestilens is the first English-language Canadian film to be shot in colour, but it’s … and movie star Bruce Lee would be the only English- language interview Lee gave. The interview took place …
Fraser Institute · 8 October 2024 English
The Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2024 ranks 292 public, Catholic, independent and charter secondary schools based on eight academic indicators generated from Grade 12 provincewide testing, grade-to-grade transition …
2 per cent of the school’s students being English Language Learners and 19 per cent of students having …
Fraser Institute · 8 October 2024 English
The Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools 2024 ranks 292 public, Catholic, independent and charter secondary schools based on eight academic indicators generated from Grade 12 provincewide testing, grade-to-grade transition …
senior level in a variety of core disciplines: English language arts (or French for francophone students) …
