num_pages: 464
description: 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.
language: English
title: A Biography of the English Language
titlecomplete: A Biography of the English Language
genres: Biography, Reference, Academic, Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language, Read For School, College, Textbooks, History
ratings_count: 228
publisher: Cengage Learning