TY - BOOK AU - Barber,Charles Laurence TI - The English language: a historical introduction T2 - Cambridge approaches to linguistics SN - 0521416205 (hc) AV - PE1075 .B265 1993 U1 - 420 B234e 1999 20 PY - 1999/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - History KW - Historical linguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index; 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; DELL ER -