00470nam a22001217a 4500020002400000082001500024100001600039245005800055260004600113300003400159500002000193650013500213  a9780231174473 (pbk)  a420.9bLER  aLerer, Seth  aInventing Englishba portable history of the language  aNew YorkbColumbia University Pressc2015  axvi, 335 p.b: ill.c; 23 cm.  aIncludes index.  aEnglish languageaEnglish languagevInventing englishvChanging charactervVisible speechvLinguisticvHistoryvEtymologyvEnglish