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		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Texts and contexts [electronic resource] : introducing literature and language study / Adrian Beard. by Beard, Adrian, 1951- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2001 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The English language in medieval literature by Blake, Norman Francis Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Methuen, 1979 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PR255 B524E. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Varieties of English : an introduction to the study of language / Dennis Freeborn with Peter French and David Langford by Freeborn, Dennis French, Peter Langford, David Series: Studies in English language Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan Press, 1993 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1074.7 F733V 1993. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Globish : how the English language became the world's language / Robert McCrum. by McCrum, Robert Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton , 2011 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE 1075 M322G. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			A history of the English language by Baugh, Albert C Cable, Thomas Edition: 4th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1075 B383H 1997. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	How English became the global language / David Northrup. by Northrup, David Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1073 N677H 2013. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The origins and development of the English language by Pyles, Thomas Algeo, John Edition: 4th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Fort Worth, Tex. : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College, 1993 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1075 P943O 1993. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The language of postcolonial literatures [electronic resource] : an introduction / Ismail S. Talib. by Talib, Ismail S, 1955- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2005 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Breaking tradition : an exploration of the historical relationship between theory and practice in second language teaching / Diane Musumeci by Musumeci, Diane Series: The McGraw-Hill second language professional series. Perspectives on theory and research Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1128 .A2 M878B. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	History of English : a resource book for students / Dan Mclntyre by Mclntyre, Dan, 1975- Series: Routledge English language introductions / series editor : Peter Stockwell Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, 2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1075 M324H. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Do you make these mistakes in English? : the story of Sherwin Cody's famous language school / Edwin L. Battistella by Battistella, Edwin L Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Oxford Univ. Press, 2009 Availability: Not available: Checked out (1). Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Globish the world over / by Jean Paul Nerriere and David Hon. by Nerriere, Jean-Paul Hon, David Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Lexington, K.Y. : International Globish Institute, 2012 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE 1073 N477G. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The mother tongue : English & how it got that way / Bill Bryson by Bryson, Bill Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Perennial, 2001 Other title: The mother tongue : English and how it got that way Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1072 B797M. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	America in so many words [electronic resource] : words that have shaped America / David K. Barnhart and Allan A. Metcalf. by Barnhart, David K Metcalf, Allan A Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1997 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Modern plays : introductions to modern English literature for students of English by Martin, Alex Hill, Robert Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Prentice-Hall, 1995 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PR736 M377M. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Alphabet to email : how written English evolved and where it's heading / Naomi S. Baron by Baron, Naomi S Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, 2001 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1075 B376A. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Shakespeare's bawdy by Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PR2892 P377. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The stories of English / David Crystal. by Crystal, David, 1941- Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Penguin Books, 2005 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE 1074.7 C797S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Words of the world : a global history of the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie. by Ogilvie, Sarah Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1617.O94 O344W 2013. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Present-tense narration in contemporary fiction : a narratological overview / Irmtraud Huber by Huber, Irmtraud, 1983- [author] Series: Palgrave pivot Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Copyright date: London : Palgrave macmillan, ©2016 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PN56 .T5 H823P 2016. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)