Inventing English
A Portable History of the Language
by Seth Lerer
320 pages· 2012· ISBN 9780231510769
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"Seth Lerer's Inventing English is a history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of our grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English, America, and literature."--BOOK JACKET.
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