The Origins and Development of the English Language

John Algeo; Thomas Pyles

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ISBN 10: 015507055X ISBN 13: 9780155070554
Published by Cengage Learning, 2004
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THE 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.

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 on English in North America. He was a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar and a Guggenheim Fellow at University College London.

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Title: The Origins and Development of the English ...
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
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Edition: 5th or later Edition

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