(The) Story of language
by Charles Barber
- Kolkata Books Way 2010
- viii, 294p. ; 18 cm.
Includes glossary.
What is language? -- The origin of language and the invention of writing -- The flux of language -- Language families -- The Indo-European languages -- The Germanic languages -- Old English -- The Vikings in England -- The Norman conquest -- Middle English -- Early modern English -- English in scientific age -- English as a world language -- Changes in meaning -- English today and tomorrow