Biography of the English Language (Revised)

C. M. Millward

ISBN 10: 0155016458 / ISBN 13: 9780155016453

Published by Cengage Learning January 1996, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biography of the English Language (Revised)
• Publisher: Cengage Learning January 1996
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0155016458
• ISBN 13: 9780155016453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Synopsis

The second edition of A Biography of the English Language continues to examine the structure of language. The textbook discusses three important issues: languages and language change are systematic; the inner history of a language is profoundly affected by its outer history of political and culural events; and the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English. By uncovering the language's past, one can better communicate with it.

About the Author

PHD in linguistics and English from Brown University; taught at U of Edinburgh, Univerisite Paul Valery in Monpelllier, France, and at Huazhon U of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China; recipient of many awards including a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, a Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a Humanities Foundation grant. She was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh and was a member of many professional organizations.