书目

The English Language (Canto Classics)

内容简介

ThisbestsellingtextbyCharlesBarber,withupdatingcontributionsfromJoanC.BealandPhilipA.Shaw,recountsthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefromitsremoteancestrytothepresentday.Usingdozensoffamiliartexts,includingtheEnglishofKingAlfred,ShakespeareandChaucer,theEnglishlanguageisexploredintermsofwhereitcamefrom,whereitisgoingandtheglobalimpactithashad,takingintoaccountthemanyvarietiesofEnglishthatnowexist.Stimulatingandinteresting,itisnotonlywrittenforspecialistsonlanguageandlinguistics,butalsoforgeneralreaderswhotakeaninterestinthesubject.

作者简介

CharlesBarberwasformerlyReaderinEnglishLanguageandLiteratureattheUniversityofLeeds.Hediedin2000.JoanC.BealisProfessorofEnglishLanguageintheSchoolofEnglishLiterature,LanguageandLinguisticsattheUniversityofSheffield.PhilipA.ShawisLecturerinOldandMiddleEnglishintheSchoolofEnglishLiterature,LanguageandLinguisticsattheUniversityofSheffield.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

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Canto Classics

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