Bibliography for LX453- Perspectives on the History of English Language BETA

A history of the dictionary: Dr Johnson, I presume? | Gresham College (no date). Available at: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/a-history-of-the-dictionary-dr-johnson-i-presume.

Craig, Hugh (no date) ‘Shakespeare’s Vocabulary: Myth and Reality’, Shakespeare Quarterly, 62(1), pp. 53–74.

Crystal, David (2003) The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Crystal, David (2005) The stories of English. London: Penguin.

Crystal, David (2010) Begat: the King James bible and the English language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Graddol, David et al. (1996a) English: history, diversity and change. London: Routledge.

Graddol, David et al. (1996b) English: history, diversity and change. London: Routledge.

Graddol, David et al. (1996c) English: history, diversity and change. London: Routledge.

Horobin, Simon (2013) ‘What was Middle English’, in Chaucer’s language. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Available at: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching/DigRes/DigitalReserve/LX453_horobin_si_what_was.pdf.

Jonathan Swift (no date) A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue: In ... Available at: http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=5FMJAAAAQAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=a+proposal+for+correcting,+improving+and+ascertaining+&ots=GrFOoRz2WM&sig=tLkQ9GRDh1EZ2INl0m0Nte5xHuc.

McIntyre, Dan (2009) History of English: a resource book for students. London: Routledge.

Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language (no date). Available at: http://www.bartelby.net/185/.

‘Panel Discussion: Who cares about English? Part I’ (no date). Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXu-IyH27d8.

Wells, Stanley and Orlin, Lena Cowen (2003) Shakespeare: an Oxford guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press.