Inventing English
by Seth Lerer
LinguisticsEtymologyEnglish languageHistoryEnglish language, historyEnglish language, etymologyEnglish language, old english, ca. 450-1100English language, middle english, 1100-1500
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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Book data: Open Library