A history of the English language / Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable

By:

Albert C. Baugh [Author]

Contributor(s):

Thomas Cable [Author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: xviii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 23cmISBN:

9780415655965

Subject(s):

English language History

DDC classification:

REF 420.9 B32

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
REFERENCE BOOKS	LAPULAPU-CEBU INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE REFERENCE SECTION	Reference	REF 420.9 B32 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005736

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.

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