> > Italian students
> > of Dante do not have much trouble with the language or grammar although
> > there are problems with some terms
> Thanks, Rick, that's really interesting. Did he say why English has
changed
> more than Italian? Or maybe it just isn't known why.
No he didn't. It was a short conversion just before getting on the boat to
visit the Dry Salvages (as I recall.)
There are many reasons why but I would not do them justice. A number of
years back PBS did a TV series called "The Story of English" that was
fascinating. They had a compagnon book also. PBS has a Adult Leaning
Series using the videos and it should be possible to find tapes in
libraries.
The following is a synopsis of the nine videos of the PBS series The Story
of English.
http://homepage.mac.com/branscombcourses/HEL/story.html
PBS ALS - Guide to Courses - The Story of English
(bookmark because the course is being redone and the page is worthless until
then.)
http://www.pbs.org/als/guide/courselistings/courses/story_english/
Book info at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140154051/qid=985003885/sr=1-1/ref=s
c_b_2/107-5730034-7606159
Regards,
Rick Parker
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