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Subjects:

English language -- History.

Contents:

English present and future
The Indo-European family of languages
Old English
Foreign influences on Old English
The Norman conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200
The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500
Middle English
The Renaissance, 1500-1650
The appeal to authority, 1650-1800
The nineteenth century and after
The English language in America
Specimens of the Middle English dialects
English spelling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Cable, Thomas, 1942-
באו, אלברט קרול, 1891-

ISBN:

013395708X
9780133957082
0133533689
9780133533682

OCLC:

26210747