The English Language: A Historical Introduction by Charles Laurence Barber

The English Language: A Historical Introduction

Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics

Charles Laurence Barber

312 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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Where does today's English come from? This book describes the nature of language and language change, and presents a history of the English language from prehistory to the present day, dealing with key topics such as grammar, pronunciation and sem...

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