01411nam a2200337 a 4500 EDZ0000076703 StDuBDS 20150804193933.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110512s2011 nyu fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199893539 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PE1098 420.9 22 Watts, Richard J. Language myths and the history of English [electronic resource] / Richard J. Watts. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. Oxford studies in sociolinguistics This book aims to deconstruct the myths that are traditionally reproduced as factual accounts of the historical development of English, and to reveal new myths that are currently being constructed. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Includes bibliographical references and index. English language History. English language Social aspects. Sociolinguistics. Discourse analysis. Print version 9780195327601 Oxford studies in sociolinguistics. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195327601.001.0001 37475 37475