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1、AHistoryoftheEnglishLanguageFifthEditionBaughandCable’sAHistoryoftheEnglishLanguagehaslongbeenconsideredthestandardworkinthefield.AHistoryoftheEnglishLanguageisacomprehensiveexplorationofthelinguisticandculturaldevelopmentofEnglish,fromtheMiddleAgestothepresentday.Thebookprovi
2、desstudentswithabalancedandup-to-dateoverviewofthehistoryofthelanguage.Thefiftheditionhasbeenrevisedandupdatedtokeepstudentsuptodatewithrecentdevelopmentsinthefield.Revisionsinclude:?arevisedfirstchapter,‘Englishpresentandfuture’?anewsectionongenderissuesandlinguisticchange?up
3、datedmaterialonAfrican-AmericanVernacularEnglishAstudentsupplementforthisbookisavailable,entitledCompaniontoAHistoryoftheEnglishLanguage.AlbertC.BaughwasSchellingMemorialProfessorattheUniversityofPennsylvania.ThomasCableisJaneandRolandBlumbergCentennialProfessorofEnglishattheU
4、niversityofTexasatAustin.THECOUNTIESOFENGLANDAHistoryoftheEnglishLanguageFifthEditionAlbertC.BaughandThomasCableFirstpublished1951byRoutledge&KeganPaulSecondedition1959Thirdedition1978Fourtheditionpublished1993byRoutledgeAuthorizedBritisheditionfromtheEnglishlanguageedition,en
5、titledAHistoryoftheEnglishLanguage,FifthEditionbyAlbertC.BaughandThomasCable,publishedbyPearsonEducation,Inc.,publishingasPrenticeHall,Inc.Copyright?2002Routledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EERoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-L
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7、norhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionfromRoutledge.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN0-203-99463-9Mastere-bookISBNISBN0-415-2809
8、8-2(hbk)ISBN0-415-28099-0(pbk)ContentsPrefaceviii1EnglishPres