Inventing English

Dave Wilton, Saturday, May 26, 2007

Lerer, Seth. Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.

A history of the English language with special emphasis on American English in the later chapters. Also devotes chapters to special topics like the OED and African-American English.

Filed under: Etymology/Historical Linguistics/History of English 
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