The origins and development of the English language / John Algeo, Thomas Pyles.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Thomson/Wadsworth, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xii, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 015507055X
- 9780155070554
- 420.9
- PE1075 .A54 2004
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Revised edition of: The origins and development of the English language / Thomas Pyles, John Algeo. 4th ed. c1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-310) and index.
Preface -- 1. Language and Languages: An Introduction -- 2. The Sounds of Current English -- 3. Letters and Sounds: A Brief History of Writing -- 4. The Backgrounds of English -- 5. The Old English Period (449-1100) -- 6. The Middle English Period (1100-1500) -- 7. The Modern English Period to 1800: Sounds and Spellings -- 8. The Modern English Period to 1800: Forms and Syntax -- 9. Recent British and American English -- 10. Words and Meanings -- 11. New Words from Old -- 12. Foreign Elements in the English Word Stock -- Selected Bibliography -- Glossary-Index of Terms -- Index of Modern English Words and Affixes.
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