|aThe English language :|ba historical introduction /|cby Charles Barber.
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|aCanto ed.
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|aCambridge :|bCambridge University Press,|c2000.
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|axi, 299 p. :|bill., maps ;|c22 cm.
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|aOriginally published: 1993.
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|a"Canto"--Cover.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index.
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|tWhat is language? -- |tThe flux of language -- |tThe Indo-European languages -- |tThe Germanic languages -- |tOld English -- |tNorsemen and Normans -- |tMiddle English -- |tEarly Modern English -- |tEnglish in the scientific age -- |tEnglish as a world language -- |tEnglish today and tomorrow.