A history of the English language / Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable.
Material type: TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2002Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiv, 447 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415280982
- 9780415280983
- 0415280990
- 9780415280990
- 420.9 21
- PE1075 .B3 2002
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Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English present and future -- The Indo-European family of languages -- Old English -- Foreign influences on Old English -- The Norman conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200 -- The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500 -- Middle English -- The Renaissance, 1500-1650 -- The appeal to authority, 1650-1800 -- The Nineteenth century and after -- The English language in America -- Appendix A. Specimens of the Middle English dialects -- Appendix B. English spelling.
This is an exploration of the linguistic and cultural development of English, from the Middle Ages to the present day. This fifth edition includes new sections on gender issues and updated material on African American vernacular English.
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