The history of English [electronic resource] : an introduction / Stephan Gramley.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xxv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)ISBN:- 9780203182246 (e-book : PDF)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The origins of English (before 450) -- 2. Old English : early Germanic Britain (450-700) -- 3. Old English : the Viking invasions and their consequences (700-1066/1100) -- 4. Middle English : the non-standard period (1066/1100-1350) -- 5. Middle English : the emergence of Standard English (1350-1500) -- 6. The Early Modern English period (1500-1700) -- 7. The spread of English (since the late sixteenth century) -- 8. English in Great Britain and Ireland (since 1700) -- 9. English pidgins, English creoles, and English (since the early seventeenth century) -- 10. English in North America (since the early seventeenth century) -- 11. English in the ENL communities of the Southern Hemisphere (since 1788) -- 12. English in the ESL countries of Africa and Asia (since 1795) -- 13. Global English (since 1945).
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