The English Language: A Historical Introduction (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)

✍ Scribed by Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Series: Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is excellent for reference when studying and for personal education if you're interested in learning about the history of the English Language. Sounds boring, but did you know that Farsi is considered a Germanic language like French and Norwegian?? Also teaches the finer points of language, how words are pronounced and how different dialects develop. Broken down into easy-to-comprehend chapters, each deals with a certain part of the history of language and breaks it down into groups based on geography. From 1 being the easiest and 10 being the worst, reading level is about a 4 yet so much information compacted into a small book creates a dryness level of 8.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Figures......Page 10
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 11
Preface to the First Edition......Page 13
What is Language?......Page 17
The Flux of Language......Page 47
The Indo-European Languages......Page 73
The Germanic Languages......Page 101
Old English......Page 121
Norsemen and Normans......Page 153
Middle English......Page 177
Early Modern English......Page 201
Late Modern English......Page 227
English as a World Language......Page 255
English Today and Tomorrow......Page 281
Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 298
Bibliography......Page 302
Index......Page 314

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;История английского языка / History of the English Language;