A history of the English language /​ Albert C. Baugh, Thomas Cable

Title

• A history of the English language / Albert C. Baugh, Thomas Cable.

Author

• Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll,), 1891-1981.

Other Authors

• Cable, Thomas, 1942-

Edition

• 4th ed.

Published

• London : Routledge, 1993.

Content Types

• text

Carrier Types

• volume

Physical Description

• xiv, 444 p. : ill., maps, ports, facsims. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

• English language -- Historical linguistics.
• English language.
• English language -- History.
• Engels.
• English language Historical linguistics

Contents

• 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 reestablishment 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.

Notes

• Previous ed.: 1978.
• Includes index.
• committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST   Smith copy: EAST commitment

Language

• English