The English language : a historical introduction /
Barber, Charles Laurence,
The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw. - Second edition. - xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics . - Cambridge approaches to linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-297) and index.
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.
0521854040 9780521854047 0521670012 9780521670012
2008053625
English language--History
Historical linguistics
PE1075 / .B265 2009
420.9
The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw. - Second edition. - xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics . - Cambridge approaches to linguistics. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-297) and index.
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.
0521854040 9780521854047 0521670012 9780521670012
2008053625
English language--History
Historical linguistics
PE1075 / .B265 2009
420.9