This is an exploration of the linguistic and cultural development of English, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website
In this book, a team of international experts cover the entire recorded history of the English language, outlining its development over fifteen centuries.
Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history-from the Middle Ages to the present. This market-leading text...
Unlike other histories of the English language, this introduction cuts away traditional divisions into old, middle and modern English to chart the rise of and changes in standard English.
This chapter investigates the changes between Old and Middle English caused by direct external influence; Chapter 6 describes the language internal changes. In Chapter 1, we briefly discussed the influence of different languages on ...
A History of the English Language
What is a history of the English language? To a native speaker, the answer to this question might seem obvious; the story, from beginning to end, of the language that we use every day.