From Simon & Schuster, Origins of the English Language is Joseph M. Williams' exploration of social and linguistic history. In this book, author Joseph Williams

Provides a history of the English language.

A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. 'An excellent boo

The English Language is an essential survey of the development of the language from its Indo-European past to the present day. Now in a third edition, this text

The fourth edition of The Origins and Development of the English Language continues to focus on the internal history of English -- its sounds, grammar, and voca