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100			_aBlake, N.F. ;
245		2	_aA history of the English language
260			_aBasingstoke, Hampshire, England : _bMacmillan, _c1996.
300			_axv, 382 p. : _bmaps ;
500			_aIncluded Index.
505			_aPreface.- Table of Abbreviations.- What is a History of English?.- Background Survey - Before Alfred.- The First English Standard.- The Aftermath of the First Standard.- Interregnum: Fragmentation and Regrouping - Political, Social and Pedagogical Background to the New Standard.- Language Change from 1400 to 1660.- Establishing the Standard within Social Norms.- Emancipation, Education and Empire.- World Domination and Growing Variation.- Appendix - Index.
520			_aUnlike other histories of the English language, this introduction cuts away traditional divisions into old, middle and modern English to chart the rise of and changes in standard English. It covers the English and historical background, changes in phonology, vocabulary and syntax, and offers close analyses of individual texts of English from a wide range of periods. The final chapter focuses on the place of English as a world language and the growing array of the varieties of English spoken today. A useful appendix gives definitions of technical terms and phonetic symbols.
650			_aEnglish language -- Grammar, Historical.
650			_aEnglish language -- History.
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