|aThe English language :|ba historical introduction /|cCharles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw
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|aSecond edition; Canto classics edition
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|aCambridge :|bCambridge University Press,|c2012
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|axiii, 306 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c22 cm
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|aCanto classics
490
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|aCambridge approaches to linguistics
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 286-297) and index
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|aWhat is language? -- The flux of language -- The Indo-European languages -- Ther germanic languages -- Old English -- Norsemen and Normans -- Middle English -- Early modern English -- Late modern English -- English as a world language -- English today and tomorrow