English historical linguistics
Subtitle: an international handbook
By: edited by Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton
Series: Handbooks of linguistics and communication science -- 34.1 and 34.2
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton; Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1174
ISBN-13: 9783110202205; 9783110202656
Subjects: Historical linguistics; English language; History
Description: "This book: give a comprehensive and descriptive overview of the entire language history of English ; illustrates and discusses current trends, theories, and methods of the field ; contains an overview of the history of historical linguistics as a discipline as well ; has more than 100 articles with general introductions to the different subjects which are intelligible to all ; includes an extensive index."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.