Outlines of the History of the English Language

Name: Outlines of the History of the English Language
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ISBN: 9780521231688

ISBN-10: 052123168X

ISBN-13: 9780521231688

Edition: 2011

Authors: T. Northcote Toller

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This work provides a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the development of English. It is also an introduction to the historical study of languages, fostering an understanding of language as a living organism, ever undergoing changes.

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.99" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English




The history of a language a record of change



Relation to one another, and to the common original, of languages which have had a common source



Early history of a language to be learnt from a comparison with others



The Saxon shore



The position of the Teutons in Britain secured before the end of the 6th century



Learning in England



Peculiarities of the poetic diction in Old English



Decay of learning in England after the appearance of the Danes



Object of the chapter - General remarks on the Old English specimens



The early West-Saxon vowel system and the development it shews



Times of foreign influence in English before the Norman conquest slight



Important events in the 15th century



The language of the early part of the 17th century