Barber, Charles Laurence

The English language : a historical introduction / Charles Barber. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 - xi, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

What is language? -- The flux of language -- The Indo-European languages -- The Germanic languages -- Old English -- Norsemen and Normans -- Middle English -- Early Modern English -- English in the scientific age -- English as a world language -- English today and tomorrow.

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English language--History.
Historical linguistics.
Tiếng Anh--Lịch sử ngôn ngữ
English language

420.9 / BAR 2000