The Story of Our Language

Alexander, Henry

The Story of Our Language - New York : Anchor Books, 1969. - 240 p. : gráfs, mapas.

Appendix A: Grimm's Law. - Appendix B: British and American Spelling. - Subject Index and Word Index.

Bibliography p. 229.

Our Changing Language - Some Features of Modern English - The Three Periods of English: The Origin of English and Its Relation to Other Languages - The Old English Vocabulary - The Structure of Old English - The Middle English Language; the Blending of English and French - The Strucuture of Middle English - The Modern Period; Vocabulary - The Structure of Modern English - Changes in Meaning - Levels in Language; the Rise of Informal Language - Other Processes of Word Creation - British and American English; Pronunciation, Form an d Syntax - British and American English: Differences in Vocabulary - Recording Present-Day Speech.


LINGÜÍSTICA COMPARATIVA
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