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A history of the English language

by N. F. Blake

1996 382 pages eng

What is a history of the English language? To a native speaker, the answer to this question might seem obvious: the story, from beginning to end, of the language that we use every day. But a history of the English language raises the prickly question of what one means by English. Who speaks "true" E…

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