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ix, 461 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-424) Includes indexes pt. 1. Introduction. Language at large ; Especially English -- pt. 2. Early English. Before English ; Old English ; Middle English -- pt. 3. From Caxton to Johnson. Caxton and his age ; The Renaissance and Shakespeare ; Milton to Johnson -- pt. 4. English abroad. Linguistic science in the nineteenth ; English emigrates ; The other Americans ; Putting American English on the map -- pt. 5. English in the modern world. Recent development ; Language in theory and practice

Author

Whitney French Bolton

Publisher

Random House USA Inc

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9780394322803

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, History