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Our marvelous native tongue : the life and times of the English language / Robert Claiborne.
Recounts a history of the English language from its Indo-European origins to the present.
Record details
- ISBN: 0812910389
- ISBN: 9780812910384
- ISBN: 0812916352
- ISBN: 9780812916355
- Physical Description: xi, 339 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Times Books, ©1983.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-322).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The importance of speaking English: a most extraordinary language -- The common source: Indo-European and its speakers -- The first conquest: from the Danube to the Baltic -- The second conquest: from West Germanic to Old English -- The third conquest: English and French -- The first flowering: Chaucer, Caxton and "good English" -- "The verie height": Shakespeare and the King James Bible -- A search for order: trying to make English behave -- Only in America: English leaps the Atlantic -- Our infinite variety: modern variations on an old theme -- Not everybody's English: some remarkable vocabularies -- From here on in: English today and tomorrow.
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Also issued online.
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | PE 1075 .C53 1983 | 279409 | Stacks | Available | - |