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English language
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...English language, member of the West Germanic...people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. It is the...eclipsed by French as the official language. When English became again (14th cent......
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English literature
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......literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants...during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form...influenced the standardization of the English language. The early Tudor period, particularly......
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Johnson, Samuel (English author)
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......time, was his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), the first comprehensive lexicographical work on English ever undertaken. Rasselas...Kolb, ed., Johnson on the English Language (2005); J. L. Clifford......
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Canadian literature, English
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...English Canadian literature, literary works produced in Canada and written in the English language. Early Canadian WritingAlthough Canadian...their models from American colonial or English neoclassical literature. Before the confederation......
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Old English
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...Old English: see type; English language; Anglo-Saxon literature....
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Thai language
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......Tibetan languages). The official language of Thailand, Thai is spoken...grammatical relationships. The Thai language is also tonal, and the tones...languages such as French and English. The Thai language has its own alphabet, which......
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Russian language
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......prominently the Baltic nations, have move to replace Russian with the local language as the language of government, commerce, and education and to adopt English as a second language. Used officially by the United Nations, Russian is important in scientific......
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language
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......of speakers of a given language ranging from many millions...vernacular (Mandarin), English, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi...persons speak more than one language; English is the most common auxiliary language in the world. When people......
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German language
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......Dutch, Frisian, and English. Distinctive FeaturesBesides...order, the German language is unlike English in that German makes...voiceless s (as in English mouse), now often replaced...German is the only language in which all nouns......
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international language
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......another artificial language, known as Interlingua...International Auxiliary Language Association. Interlingua is derived from English and the Romance languages...known as the universal language of diplomacy, and English today is often said......