A history of the English language

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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. This market-leading text encourages readers to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an englightened attitude towards questions affecting the language today.

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Title Statements

Full title :A history of the English language / Albert C. Baugh, Thomas Cable.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1978.
Edition:3d ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Prentice Hall
Place of Publication:Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1978.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 438 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0133892395, 9780133892390
oclc:ocm03516727
LC Classification:PE1075
Dewey Decimal:420/.9

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, 1500-1650 -- The appeal to authority, 1650-1800 -- The nineteenth century and after -- The English language in America -- Specimens of the Middle English dialects -- English spelling.