The Development of Old English - 9780198787198

This book, the second volume in A Linguistic History of English, describes the development of Old English from Proto-Germanic. It is an internal history of the structure of English that combines traditional historical linguistics, modern syntactic theory, the study of languages in contact, and the variationist approach to language change.

• | : Don Ringe (Kahn Term Professor in Linguistics, Kahn Term Professor in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania), Ann Taylor (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, University of York)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 02, 2017
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 630 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0198787197
• | ISBN-13: 9780198787198