The English Language: Volume 2, Essays by Linguists and Men of Letters, 1858-1964
Book Description
A collection of statements by literary men and others about the nature and use of the language, its resources, potentialities and development. Volume I covered the period 1490-1839. Volume II starts in 1858 and runs to the 1960s and therefore records the rise first of philology, then of modern linguistic study. Accordingly this volume contains a number of excerpts from the writings of great Europe... More
Book Information
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Binding | Hardcover (20 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 340 |
ISBN-10 | 0521073251 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0521073257 |
Publication Date | 06/02/1969 |
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About W. F. Bolton (Editor) : W. F. Bolton is a published author and an editor of young adult books. Some of the published credits of W. F. Bolton include The English Language (Hist of Literature).
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