Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Map showing the counties of England
- 1 What is language?
- 2 The flux of language
- 3 The Indo-European languages
- 4 The Germanic languages
- 5 Old English
- 6 Norsemen and Normans
- 7 Middle English
- 8 Early Modern English
- 9 Late Modern English
- 10 English as a world language
- 11 English today and tomorrow
- Notes and suggestions for further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Map showing the counties of England
- 1 What is language?
- 2 The flux of language
- 3 The Indo-European languages
- 4 The Germanic languages
- 5 Old English
- 6 Norsemen and Normans
- 7 Middle English
- 8 Early Modern English
- 9 Late Modern English
- 10 English as a world language
- 11 English today and tomorrow
- Notes and suggestions for further reading
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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- Type
- Chapter
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- The English LanguageA Historical Introduction, pp. 286 - 297Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009