The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009
Edition
2nd ed.
Descript
xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
CONTENT
What is language? -- The flux of language -- The Indo-European languages -- The Germanic languages -- Old English -- Norsemen and normans -- Middle English -- Early Modern English -- Late Modern English -- English as a world language -- English today and tomorrow