The English language : a historical introduction

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Title:

Author:

Barber, Charles Laurence, author.

ISBN:

9781107693937

Personal Author:

Barber, Charles Laurence, author.

Edition:

Second edition.

Canto Classics edition.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Cambridge approaches to linguistics

Cambridge approaches to linguistics.

Contents:

What is language? -- The flux of language -- The Indo-European languages -- Ther 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 Term:

English language -- History.

Historical linguistics.

English language. (OCoLC)fst00910920

Historical linguistics. (OCoLC)fst00958134

Genre:

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Added Author:

Beal, Joan C.,

Shaw, Philip A.,

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Summary

This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the English language is explored in terms of where it came from, where it is going and the global impact it has had, taking into account the many varieties of English that now exist. Stimulating and interesting, it is not only written for specialists on language and linguistics, but also for general readers who take an interest in the subject.