The English language : a historical introduction /
Barber, Charles Laurence,
The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, formerly reader in English language and literature, University of Leads, Joan C. Beal, professor of English language, University of Sheffield, Philip A. Shaw, lecturer in old and middle English, University of Sheffield. - Second edition, reprint edition. - xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.
1107693934 9781107693937
English language--History.
Historical linguistics.
--Reading book
420 / BAR
The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber, formerly reader in English language and literature, University of Leads, Joan C. Beal, professor of English language, University of Sheffield, Philip A. Shaw, lecturer in old and middle English, University of Sheffield. - Second edition, reprint edition. - xiii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.
1107693934 9781107693937
English language--History.
Historical linguistics.
--Reading book
420 / BAR