The Origins and Development of the English Language

• Author(s): John Algeo, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Thomas Pyles,
• Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
• Pages: 367
• ISBN_10: 1133957536
  ISBN_13: 9781133957539
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative ,

Description:... This text approaches the internal history of English from a linguistic-analysis viewpoint, focusing on the linguistic facts of historical change in vocabulary, grammar, and sounds so that students need not be steeped in linguistic theory or study new theories to benefit.