A Companion to the History of the English LanguageISBN: 978-0-470-65793-5
Paperback
726 pages
May 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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- An accessible reference to the history of the English
language
- Comprises fifty-nine essays written by scholars from fourteen
countries
- Aids literature students in incorporating language study into
their work
- Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its
Indo- European and Germanic beginnings to modern British and
American English and to the rise of colonial and post-colonial
varieties of English
- Enriched with useful tools such as a chronological list of
events and a glossary
- Introduces the latest scholarship in the field