TY - BOOK AU - Barber,Charles TI - The English language: a historical introduction SN - 0521426227 U1 - 420.9 PY - 1993/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Historical linguistics N1 - 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 ER -