TY - BOOK AU - Lerer, Seth TI - Inventing English : a portable history of the language SN - 9780231137942 SN - 200603065 U1 - 420.9 LER PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - English language - Etymology KW - English language - History KW - English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 KW - English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 KW - Linguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index ER -