TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barber,Charles Laurence
AU  - Beal,Joan C.
AU  - Shaw,Philip A.
TI  - The English language: a historical introduction 
T2  - Cambridge approaches to linguistics
SN  - 0521854040
AV  - PE1075 .B265 2009
U1  - 420.9 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - History
KW  - Historical linguistics
N1  - 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
ER  -