Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 An outine history 1.2 Language and social change 1.3 Language,evolution and progress 1.4 Language and myth 1.5 Language supriority 2 The origins of the English Language 2.1 The lingguistic geography of Europe 2.2 Language in Britanin 2.3 Early English 2.4 The Survival of Celtic 2.5 The British people 3 English and Danish 3.1 Old English and Old Norse 3.2 Norse immigration 3.3 The Anglo-saxon written tradition 3.4 English in the Danelaw 3.5 Norse influence on English 4 English and French 4.1 England and France 4.2 Literacy in the medieval period 4.3 The reemergence of English 4.4 English under french influence 4.5 Printing 5 English and latin 5.1 The Lollards 5.2 Classical scholarship 5.3 Scholarly writing in English 5.4 The English bilble 5.5 The legacy of Latin 6 The Language of England 7 The language of revolution 8 The Language of learnde and polite persons 9 The language of Great Britain 10 The Language of empire 11 Conclusion Appendix:Further suggestions Bibliography Index
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