Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language

Algeo, John

ISBN 10: 0155676040 / ISBN 13: 9780155676046

Published by Harcourt Brace Javanovich, New York, 1972

About this Item

A fair, unused copy that is free of any marks or notes. Covers are worn and pages a touch toned and with a few small corner creases.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Javanovich, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0155676040
• ISBN 13: 9780155676046
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language, Reference, and Rhetoric

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Synopsis

A full-length workbook intended for developmental as well as first-year students. Can be used with the Wadsworth text(s) or on its own.

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.