The English dialect dictionary

The English dialect dictionary
Author: Joseph Wright
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Total Pages: 440
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN: 5518930976

The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years. Volume 6. Supplement, A-Y.

The Oxford History of English

The Oxford History of English
Author: Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2012-11-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199660166

This text traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its 21st-century position as the world's first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.