Key Features Updated historical information presents the findings of recent scholarship. Revised prose style uses more contemporary, accessible language and enhances your students' understanding. Expanded and updated References and Bibliography provide new electronic resources. New examples of current usage are included throughout to make this edition truly comprehensive. With the author's focus on coherence and clarity of presentation, THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, International Edition helps your students understand difficult concepts easily. Assuming that students have no prior knowledge of linguistic theory, the author offers a thorough history of English from its beginning to today, providing them with coverage of the information they will need for their coursework. The text provides relevant cultural and historical background as well as time lines of important events in each period, providing context to changes in the English language through time. Instructors appreciate its informative, interesting explanations and the abundance of examples offered to illustrate concepts. 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. The extensive glossary of linguistic terms as well as indexes of subjects treated and words cited make this book a useful reference work for years to come. The author provides complete chapters on topics that other books cover only briefly, such as"The Sounds of Current English" (Chapter 2),"Letters and Sounds: A Brief History of Writing" (Chapter 3),"Words and Meanings (Chapter 10),"New Words from Old" (Chapter 11) and"Foreign Elements in the English Word Stock" (Chapter 12). About the Book: The Origins and Development of the English Language This text is intended for History of the English Languag

• Publisher: Cengage
• Publisher Imprint: Cengage
• Publication Date: June 6, 2012
• Pages: 364
• ISBN13: 9788131516553
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• Original Price: 495.0 INR
• Edition: 6th
• Binding: Paperback