History of the English Language

Name: History of the English Language
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ISBN: 9780130151667

ISBN-10: 0130151661

ISBN-13: 9780130151667

Edition: 5th 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Albert C. Baugh, Thomas Cable

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For courses in the History of the English Language (English Composition). Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural historyfrom 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.

Book details

List price: $164.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 11/9/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 447
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English




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 Re-Establishment 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


Index