TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baugh,Albert C.
AU  - Cable,Thomas
TI  - A history of the English language
SN  - 0133892395 
AV  - PE 1075 B346h 1978
U1  - 420/.9 
PY  - 1978///
CY  - Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
PB  - Prentice-Hall
KW  - English language
KW  - History
KW  - Inglés
KW  - Historia
N1  - Includes bibliographies and index; 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
N2  - Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history-from the Middle Ages to the present. This market-leading text encourages readers to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an englightened attitude towards questions affecting the language today
ER  -