Readings in English Philology : materials for seminars / authors : Manana Rusieshvili, Rusudan Dolidze ; editors : Professor Trevor Cartledge and Assosiatiate professor Giorgi Kuparadze.

The origin of alphabet -- The Georgian Alphabet -- The English Alphabet -- How did languages originate? -- Germanic Languages -- Caucasian Languages -- What does Phonetics study? -- L. Bloomfield - Language -- D. Crystal - Vanishing Languages -- Most popular theories of Formal Linguistics -- Areas of Formal Linguistics -- Words, words, words -- Does Internet improve spelling? -- Cannot chimpanzees talk ? -- Functions of the language -- Fuctions of the language (macro and micro function) -- Self-Assessment Test 1 (units 1-6) -- Dictionaries -- What is Lexicography? -- Development of the English language -- Lingua Franca -- English - lingua franca of the Internet -- World linguas Franca -- Varieties of English -- Borrowings in English -- French borrowings -- The Georgian Language in History -- Sociolinguistics -- Language and social interaction -- Psycholinguistics -- Oscar Wilde -- The Nightingale and the Rose --The Nightingale and the Rose (continued) -- Ernest Hemingway -- Cat in the Rain -- Self-Assessment Test 2 (units 7-12).