LINGUIST List 21.4689 Sun Nov 21 2010 Media: History of English Exhibition at the British Library Editor for this issue: Mfon Udoinyang <mfonlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Paul Chapin , History of English Exhibition at the British Library Message 1: History of English Exhibition at the British Library Date: 19-Nov-2010 From: Paul Chapin <pgchapingmail.com> Subject: History of English Exhibition at the British Library E-mail this message to a friend The British Library has opened a new exhibit called 'Evolving English,' tracing the history of the English language up to the present day. They have established a website and a blog to accompany the exhibit, to be found at http://www.bl.uk/evolvingenglish/ The curators say: 'Evolving English is the first exhibition (running 12 Nov 2010 - 3 Apr 2011) to explore the English language in all its national and international diversity. Iconic collection items are set alongside engaging everyday texts and sound recordings to show the many social, cultural and historical strands from which the language is woven. Huge events and learning programme too.' Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics                             Historical Linguistics                             Sociolinguistics New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.