{"product_id":"a-biography-of-the-english-language-0884275638928","title":"A Biography of the English Language","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Biography of the English Language\u003c\/strong\u003e by Hayes, Mary. hardcover edition. ISBN: 0884275638928.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE continues to examine the structure of English, from its Indo-European pre-history, through the invasions that shaped Old and Middle English, through its speakers conscious efforts to police it in the Early Modern period, through its present-day transformations manifest in urban slang and text-messaging. The textbook explores three important issues: how languages and language change are systematic; how the inner history of a language is profoundly affected by its outer history of political and culural events; and how the English of the past has everywhere left its traces on present-day English. By uncovering the languages past, one can better use it to communicate as well as speculate about its future use in ever-changing globalized media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cengage Learning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946976636981,"sku":"ByrdShop_0495906417","price":104.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780495906414_59827770-9a05-4ca7-9a20-cb44fa745c20.jpg?v=1778628233","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-biography-of-the-english-language-0884275638928","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}