A Biography of the English Language

A Biography of the English Language

2nd Edition

Hardback (01 Feb 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The second edition of A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE continues to examine the structure of language. The textbook discusses three important issues: languages and language change are systematic; the inner history of a language is profoundly affected by its outer history of political and culural events; and the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English. By uncovering the language's past, one can better communicate with it.

Book information

ISBN: 9780155016453
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Imprint: Heinle & Heinle
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 420.9
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 441
Weight: 754g
Height: 240mm
Width: 168mm
Spine width: 22mm