Inventing English : a portable history of the language / Seth Lerer.
Presents a history of the English language, beginning with the Old English of the seventh century, through the Great Vowel Shift between the time of Chaucer and Shakespeare, and the later full emergence of modern English.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2007]
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| Summary: | Presents a history of the English language, beginning with the Old English of the seventh century, through the Great Vowel Shift between the time of Chaucer and Shakespeare, and the later full emergence of modern English. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2007. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index. |
| ISBN: | 023113794X 9780231137942 0231510764 9780231510769 9780231174473 0231174470 |