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Product Description: The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In How English Became English Simon Horobin investigates the evolution of the English language, examining how the language continues to adapt even today, as English continues to find new speakers and new uses...read more

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9780198754275 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2016, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The English Language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world.

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Product Description: This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today. While good spelling is seen as socially and educationally desirable, many people struggle to spell common words like accommodate, occurrence, dependent...read more

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9780199665280 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 22, 2013, cover price $35.95 | About this edition: This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today.

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9780198722984 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 2, 2014, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the way we spell today.

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9781403993557 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 9, 2007, cover price $95.00

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9780230293793 | 2 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, November 27, 2012), cover price $36.00
9781403993564 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 9, 2007, cover price $33.00

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Product Description: All living languages are subject to change, and in this highly accessible handbook, Simon Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time. Studying the History of Early English introduces students to the theories and methodologies that underpin the historical study of English...read more

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9780230551381 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 15, 2010, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: All living languages are subject to change, and in this highly accessible handbook, Simon Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time.

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9780230551374 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 15, 2010, cover price $105.00

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Product Description: Together these two volumes provide an overview of many of the issues that are currently engaging practitioners in the field of English historical linguistics. In the first volume, the primary concern is with the historical grammar of English...read more

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9781588115287 | John Benjamins Pub Co, June 30, 2004, cover price $360.00 | About this edition: Together these two volumes provide an overview of many of the issues that are currently engaging practitioners in the field of English historical linguistics.

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Product Description: This is the first of two volumes of papers selected from those given at the 12th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics. The second is New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics (2): Lexis and Transmission...read more

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9781588115140 | John Benjamins Pub Co, June 1, 2004, cover price $180.00 | About this edition: This is the first of two volumes of papers selected from those given at the 12th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics.

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Product Description: The manuscript copies of Chaucer's works preserve valuable information concerning Chaucer's linguistic practices and the ways in which scribes responded to these. This book draws on recent developments in Middle English dialectology, textual criticism and the application of computers to manuscript studies to assess the evidence Chaucerian manuscripts provide for reconstructing Chaucer's own language and his linguistic environment...read more

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9780859917803 | Ds Brewer, June 1, 2003, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: The manuscript copies of Chaucer's works preserve valuable information concerning Chaucer's linguistic practices and the ways in which scribes responded to these.

This authoritative survey offers a concise description of Middle English, the language of Chaucer, during the period from 1100 to 1500. Middle English is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English and in regard to other languages with which it came into contact. The book covers the principal features of Middle English spelling, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary and also introduces Middle English textual studies.

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9780195219494 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 20, 2003, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: This authoritative survey offers a concise description of Middle English, the language of Chaucer, during the period from 1100 to 1500.
9780748614806 | Edinburgh Univ Pr, December 2, 2002, cover price $123.60

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9780195219500 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, February 20, 2003, cover price $22.95

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