TY  - BOOK
AU  - Algeo,John
AU  - Butcher,Carmen Acevedo
AU  - Pyles,Thomas
TI  - The origins and development of the English language
SN  - 9781133307273
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
KW  - English language
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references : (pages 299-316) and indexes; Language and the English Language: An Introduction -- The Sounds of Current English -- Letters and Sounds: A Brief History of Writing -- The Backgrounds of English -- The Old English Period (449-1100) -- The Middle English Period (1100-1500) -- The Early Modern English Period (1500-1800): Society, Spellings, and Sounds -- The Early Modern English Period (1500-1800): Forms, Syntax, and Usage -- Late Modern English (1800-Present) -- Words and Meanings -- New Words from Old -- Foreign Elements in the English Word Stock
ER  -