THE EXCELLENCY OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE
Written by F.E. Halliday
Published by Victor Gollancz
in 1975
ISBN: 0575020202
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ENGLISH
THE EXCELLENCY OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE
Written by F.E. Halliday.
Stock no. 673986
1st.
1975.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Where has our language come from? ISBN: 0575020202. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners.
Front cover
Contents
- Map
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Speech
- 2 Writing
- 3 Britons and Romans
- 4 Old English
- 5 Christianity
- 6 The Vikings
- 7 The Normans 1066-1150
- 8 Middle English 1150-1500
- 9 Tudor Transition 1485-1603
- 10 Modern English
- 11 The Excellency of the English Tongue
- 12 Future English
- Bibliography
- Index