Zusammenfassung
Chapters deal with the pre-history of English, Old English, the influences of Latin, Norse and French, the dialects of Middle English, the transition from Middle to Early Modern English, the rise of 'Renaissance English (two chapters)', changes during the Tudor period, the growing desire in the eighteenth century for a standard English, the developments in English in the nineteenth century, modern regional English in the British Isles, the interactions between English and other languages between later Renaissance and modern English, the nature of English as the first international language, and finally the future of the language.
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The Oxford History of English
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