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082 0 4 _a420
_bBAR
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100 1 _aBarber, Charles Laurence‏,
_eauthor.
_940504
245 1 4 _aThe English language :
_ba historical introduction /
_cCharles Barber, formerly reader in English language and literature, University of Leads, Joan C. Beal, professor of English language, University of Sheffield, Philip A. Shaw, lecturer in old and middle English, University of Sheffield.
250 _aSecond edition,
_breprint edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _axiii, 306 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c21 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
490 0 _aCambridge approaches to linguistics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWhat 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.
520 _aThis bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.
650 7 _aEnglish language
_xHistory.
_2BUEsh
_917107
650 7 _aHistorical linguistics.
_2BUEsh
_939735
651 _2BUEsh
653 _bHHUUEENN
_cJuly2016
_cDecember2018
655 _vReading book
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700 1 _aBeal, Joan C.‏,
_eauthor.
_940506
700 1 _aShaw, Philip A.‏,
_eauthor.
_940507
942 _2ddc
_cBB
999 _c22057
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