Teacher Drout addresses the building blocks of vocabulary and its connection to specific portions of the mind. The the different parts of vocabulary are explained in easy-to-understand terms and the development of the vocabulary from Germanic to Old, Middle, and Contemporary English is completely illustrated-including such revolutionary language upheavals as those brought about by the Norman Conquest and the Great Vowel Shift. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of the British language lies in its variants, such as the ‘soda’ vs. ‘pop’ debate and the place of African-American English in modern tradition. These and various other dialectual curiosities are viewed in detail and put into the context of today’s world. Finally, Professor Drout examines the near future not only from the British vocabulary, but of all world’s languages.