The English language :
Barber, Charles Laurence.
The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xii, 299 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index.
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.
0521416205 (hc) 0521426227 (pb)
92018555
English language--History.
Historical linguistics.
PE1075 / .B265 1993
420 BAR
The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xii, 299 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Cambridge approaches to linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index.
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.
0521416205 (hc) 0521426227 (pb)
92018555
English language--History.
Historical linguistics.
PE1075 / .B265 1993
420 BAR