The English language : a historical introduction/
by Charles Barber
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
- xii,299p.
1. What is language? -- 2. The flux of language -- 3. The Indo-European languages -- 4. The Germanic languages -- 5. Old English -- 6. Norsemen and Normans -- 7. Middle English -- 8. Early Modern English -- 9. English in the scientific age -- 10. English as a world language -- 11. English today and tomorrow.