The English Language: A Linguistic History

The English Language is an essential survey of the development of the language from its Indo-European past to the present day. Now in a third edition, this text offers enhanced discussion of the socio-historical and cultural contexts of the English language, new approaches to the history ofEnglish, and an anthology of specimen texts from the four major periods of English: Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern.

• | Author: Laurel J. Brinton, Leslie K. Arnovick
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 640 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199019150
• | ISBN-13: 9780199019151