Albert C. Baugh <br/><br/>
A history of the English language /  
Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable 
 - xviii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 23cm 
<br/><br/>English present and future<br/>The Indo-European family of languages<br/>Old English<br/>Foreign influences on Old English<br/>The Norman Conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200<br/>The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500<br/>Middle English<br/>The Renaissance, 1500-1630<br/>The appeal to authority, 1650-1800<br/>The nineteenth and twentieth centuries<br/>The English language in America<br/>The twenty-first century<br/>Appendix A. Specimens of the Middle English dialect<br/>Appendix B. English spelling 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415655965 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>REF 420.9 B32