The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol. 3
Subtitle: 1476-1776
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 794
ISBN-13: 9780521264761
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Old And Middle English; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Language; Reference; English language--History; Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages; History; General; English language
First sentence: The relationship between the spoken and the written word is of two basic kinds; the written symbol may represent a concept directly, or it may represent the word which names the mental concept in an individual language.