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The Origins and Development of the English Language

Hardcover • 2004 • English • 5. edition

The Origins and Development of the English Language

By John Algeo, Thomas Pyles

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Updated to reflect current research and rewritten to further enhance the clarity of presentation, the fifth edition of this best-seller continues to take a linguistic-analysis approach as well and focus on the facts of language rather than theoretical approaches.

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ISBN

9780155070554

Publisher

Thomson/Wadsworth

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

5

Original title

The Origins and Development of the English Language

Format

Hardcover

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