A history of the English language /
Albert C. Baugh
A history of the English language / Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable - xviii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
English present and future
The Indo-European family of languages
Old English
Foreign influences on Old English
The Norman Conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200
The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500
Middle English
The Renaissance, 1500-1630
The appeal to authority, 1650-1800
The nineteenth and twentieth centuries
The English language in America
The twenty-first century
Appendix A. Specimens of the Middle English dialect
Appendix B. English spelling
Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history--from the Middle Ages to the present. Students are encouraged to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an enlightened attitude toward questions affecting the language today.
9780415655965
English language History
REF 420.9 B32
A history of the English language / Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable - xviii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
English present and future
The Indo-European family of languages
Old English
Foreign influences on Old English
The Norman Conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200
The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500
Middle English
The Renaissance, 1500-1630
The appeal to authority, 1650-1800
The nineteenth and twentieth centuries
The English language in America
The twenty-first century
Appendix A. Specimens of the Middle English dialect
Appendix B. English spelling
Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history--from the Middle Ages to the present. Students are encouraged to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an enlightened attitude toward questions affecting the language today.
9780415655965
English language History
REF 420.9 B32