TY - BOOK AU - Graddol,David ED - Open University. TI - Changing English T2 - English language SN - 9780415376693 (hbk.) AV - PE1075 .E58 2007 U1 - 420.9 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Abingdon PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - History N1 - Previous ed.: published as English. 1996; Published in association with the Open University; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This volume examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. It focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena ER -