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The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Cambridge approaches to linguistics | Canto classicsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 306 p. ill., maps 22 cmISBN:
  • 1107693934
  • 9781107693937
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9 23
Other classification:
  • Fe
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This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the English language is explored in terms of where it came from, where it is going and the global impact it has had, taking into account the many varieties of English that now exist. Stimulating and interesting, it is not only written for specialists on language and linguistics, but also for general readers who take an interest in the subject.

This ed. originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dawson

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 What is language?
  • 2 The flux of language
  • 3 The Indo-European languages
  • 4 The Germanic languages
  • 5 Old English
  • 6 Norsemen and Normans
  • 7 Middle English
  • 8 Early Modern English
  • 9 Late Modern English
  • 10 English as a world language
  • 11 English today and tomorrow