TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barber,Charles Laurence‏
AU  - Beal,Joan C.‏
AU  - Shaw,Philip A.‏
TI  - The English language: a historical introduction 
T2  - Cambridge approaches to linguistics
SN  - 1107693934
U1  - 420 22
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - History
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Historical linguistics
KW  - HHUUEENN
KW  - July2016
KW  - December2018
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
; What is language? -- The flux of language -- The Indo-European languages -- The Germanic languages -- Old English -- Norsemen and Normans -- Middle English -- Early Modern English -- Later Modern English -- English as a world language -- English today and tomorrow
N2  - This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day

ER  -