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The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, Charles Laurence.
- Series:
- Cambridge approaches to linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--History.
- English language.
- History.
- Historical linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- What is language?
- The flux of language
- The Indo-European languages
- The Germanic languages
- Old English
- Norsemen and Normans
- Middle English
- Early Modern English
- Later Modern English
- English as a world language
- English today and tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521854047
- 0521854040
- 0521670012
- 9780521670012
- OCLC:
- 276224196
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