%0 Video %0 DVD %A Lerer, Seth, 1955- %I Teaching Co. %D 2003 %C Chantilly, Va. %G English %B Great courses (DVD) %@ 156585585X %@ 9781565855854 %T The history of the English language %X This course of thirty-six lectures (30 min. each) introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.