The Origins and Development Book
THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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THE ORIGINS AND
DEVELOPMENT
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
S I X T H E D I T I O N
John Algeo
Based on the original work of
Thomas Pyles
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Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States
The Origins and
Development of the English
Language: Sixth Edition
John Algeo
Publisher: Michael Rosenberg
Development Editor: Joan
Flaherty
Assistant Editor: Megan Garvey
Editorial Assistant:
Rebekah Matthews
Senior Media Editor:
Cara Douglass-Graff
Marketing Manager:
Christina Shea
Marketing Communications
Manager: Beth Rodio
Content Project Manager:
Corinna Dibble
Senior Art Director:
Cate Rickard Barr
Production Technology Analyst:
Jamie MacLachlan
Senior Print Buyer: Betsy
Donaghey
Rights Acquisitions Manager
Text: Tim Sisler
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Image: Mandy Groszko
Cover Designer: Susan Shapiro
Cover Image: Kobal Collection
Art Archive collection Dagli Orti
Prayer with illuminated border, from c. 1480 Flemish manuscript
Book of Hours of Philippe de Conrault, The Art Archive/
Bodleian Library Oxford
Compositor: Pre-Press PMG
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OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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THE ORIGINS AND
DEVELOPMENT
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
S I X T H E D I T I O N
John Algeo
Based on the original work of
Thomas Pyles
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Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States
The Origins and
Development of the English
Language: Sixth Edition
John Algeo
Publisher: Michael Rosenberg
Development Editor: Joan
Flaherty
Assistant Editor: Megan Garvey
Editorial Assistant:
Rebekah Matthews
Senior Media Editor:
Cara Douglass-Graff
Marketing Manager:
Christina Shea
Marketing Communications
Manager: Beth Rodio
Content Project Manager:
Corinna Dibble
Senior Art Director:
Cate Rickard Barr
Production Technology Analyst:
Jamie MacLachlan
Senior Print Buyer: Betsy
Donaghey
Rights Acquisitions Manager
Text: Tim Sisler
Production Service: Pre-Press
PMG
Rights Acquisitions Manager
Image: Mandy Groszko
Cover Designer: Susan Shapiro
Cover Image: Kobal Collection
Art Archive collection Dagli Orti
Prayer with illuminated border, from c. 1480 Flemish manuscript
Book of Hours of Philippe de Conrault, The Art Archive/
Bodleian Library Oxford
Compositor: Pre-Press PMG
© 2010, 2005 Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, or information storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976
United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
For product information and technology assistance, contact us at Cengage
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