The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol. 6
Subtitle: English in North America
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 662
ISBN-13: 9780521264792
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Linguistics; Old And Middle English; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Language; General; English language--History; Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages; History; English language
First sentence: The history of a language is intimately related to the history of the community of its speakers, so neither can be studied without considering the other.