A History of English, first published in 1970, is a book for beginners in linguistic history. This title examines the changes in English language speech and writing over a period of almost 2000 years, whilst also exploring more recent changes within the author’s living memory. This title aims to rai..
A History of English, first published in 1970, is a book for beginners in linguistic history. This title examines the changes in English language speech and writing over a period of almost 2000 years, whilst also exploring more recent changes within the author’s living memory. This title aims to rai..
First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words that foreign i..
First published in 1905, these two volumes together reproduced the text of Rawlinson MS. B 408 and consist of prefixed liturgical pieces along with the English-language Register of the Estates of Godstow Abbey...
History of English provides an essential introduction and workbook for students coming to this subject for the first time. Introducing key linguistics concepts, this book examines the history of the English language in order to explain the English that is used today. It incorporates 'discussion poin..
First published in 1907, this transcribed text provides insight into the social, legal and political lives of the residents of Late Medieval Coventry between 1251 and 1455...