The English Language: A Historical Introduction
ISBN: 9780521670012 | 0521670012
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 4/27/2009
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This new edition of the bestseller by Charles Barber tells the story of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. A brand new chapter on late modern English has been added and there is new material on English as a global language.
Where does today's English come from? This new edition of the bestseller by Charles Barber tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day. In response to demand from readers, a brand new chapter on late modern English has been added for... MORE
Where does today's English come from? This new edition of the bestseller by Charles Barber tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day. In response to demand from readers, a brand new chapter on late modern English has been added for... MORE
| Historical Introduction What is language? | |
| The flux of language | |
| The Indo-European languages | |
| The Germanic languages | |
| Old English | |
| Norsemen and Normans | |
| Middle English | |
| Early Modern English | |
| Late Modern English | |
| English as a world language | |
| English today and tomorrow. |
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