The English Language – The Story of its Development

The English Language: The Story of its Development deals with the development of English from its beginnings up to the modern day. It aims to give answers to the questions:
1. What is meant by “English” and what should a history of English seek to accomplish?
2. When did English begin developing?
3. How was Standard English born?
4. What are the principal English varieties of the world?
The book, including a Preface and an Acknowledgement, is divided into three major parts:
Part I: “The Historical Background of the Rise of English”
Part II: “The Chronological Story of the English Language”
Part III: “The Epilogue: English as a World Growing Variation”
The book, The English Language: The Story of Its Development, exceeds its limits of the historical survey of English development to reflect the fact that English developed into an international language spoken and used for various purposes by most of the world’s millions of people.