Trask, R. L. (Robert Lawrence) 1944-2004 creator Millar, Robert McColl 1966- text bibliography enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xi, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 1. How do languages change?; 2. Why are languages always changing?; 3. Where do words come from?; 4. Skunk-Leek - my kind of town: what's in a name?; 5. Where does English come from?; 6. Why is American English different from British English?; 7. Why is English spelling so eccentric?; 8. Which is the oldest language? R.L. Trask ; revised by Robert McColl Millar. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index. English language History PE1075 .T687 2010 420.9 TRA; 1 9780521838023 0521838029 9780521546935 (pbk.) 0521546931 (pbk.) 2010292914 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-t.html NLE 100512 20190918150321.0 16229280