The Origins and Development of the English Language - Softcover

Thomas Pyles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0030970547 ISBN 13: 9780030970542

Publisher: Thomson Learning, 1992

Synopsis

Origins and Development of the English Language reflects current research and takes a linguistic-analysis approach with a focus on the facts of language rather than theoretical approaches.

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About the Author

John Algeo is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Georgia. He is past president of the American Dialect Society, the Dictionary Society of North America, and the American Name Society. He was an associate editor of the OXFORD COMPANION TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE and editor of Volume 6 of the CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ENGLISH IN NORTH AMERICA. He was a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and a Guggenheim Fellow at University College London and is author of the 2006 Cambridge book BRITISH OR AMERICAN ENGLISH? A HANDBOOK OF WORD AND GRAMMAR PATTERNS.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thomson Learning
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030970547
• ISBN 13: 9780030970542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416