AuthorBarber, Charles
TitleThe 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


SUBJECT

  1. English language -- History
  2. Historical linguistics

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