History of English
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2005
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- The birth of English; clues in placenames-- 2. Investigating change in english-- 3. Spellings and speech sounds-- 4. Borrowing words-- 5. New words from old-- 6. Changing meanings-- 7. Grammar I: nouns-- 8. Grammar II: verbs-- 9. Dialects in British English-- 10. Standardisation-- 11. Word Englishes