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020 _a0521426227
082 _a420.9
_bBAR/E
100 _aBarber,Charles
245 _aThe English language :
_b a historical introduction/
_cby Charles Barber
260 _aCambridge:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1993.
300 _axii,299p.
505 _a1. 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.
650 _aEnglish language
650 _aHistorical linguistics
942 _cBK
999 _c647749
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