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LANGUAGE: HISTORY & GENERAL WORKS. How has the English language evolved into the version we know today? How will it develop in future? Is it changing for the better or the worse? Simon Horobin's entertaining Very Short Introduction engages with these often heated debates, giving the histori...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Very short introduction ;
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LANGUAGE: HISTORY & GENERAL WORKS. How has the English language evolved into the version we know today? How will it develop in future? Is it changing for the better or the worse? Simon Horobin's entertaining Very Short Introduction engages with these often heated debates, giving the historical and linguistic framework which will enable well informed discussion. |
| Item Description: |
First published in hardback as How English became English, 2016. Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 149 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780198709251 (paperback) : 0198709250 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PE1075 |
| CLC: | H310.9 |
| Call Number: | H310.9/H816-1 |