A Biography of the English Language

The third edition of A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE continues to examine the structure of language. The textbook discusses three important issues: languages and language change are systematic; the inner history of a language is profoundly affected by its outer history of political and cultural events; and the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English. By uncovering the language’s past, one can better communicate with it. A Biography of the English Language 3rd Edition by C.M. Millward; Mary Hayes and Publisher Cengage Learning. ISBNs: 9781133170235, 1133170234. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780495906414, 0495906417.