A Biography of the English Language

Author : C.M. Millward (Boston University)

Hardback

Published : Friday 17 December 2010

ISBN : 9780495906414

Price : €174.73

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A Biography of the English Language

by C.M. Millward (Boston University)

Hardback

17 Dec 2010

LANGUAGE ARTS AND DISCIPLINES
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€174.73

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Examines the structure of language. This book 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 cultural events; and the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English.

The third 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.

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