TY  - BOOK
AU  - Algeo,John
AU  - Pyles,Thomas
AU  - Pyles,Thomas
TI  - The origins and development of the English language
SN  - 015507055X
AV  - PE1075 .A54 2004
U1  - 420.9 
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Thomson/Wadsworth
KW  - English language
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -