Written as a text, this book looks at the external history of French from its Latin origins to the present day through some of the analytical frameworks develop

Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between 'standard' and 'nonstandard' varieties of several different la

Looks at the evolution of the English language.

In Spreading the Word, linguist John McWhorter proves that nonstandard dialects are not bastardizations of Standard English, but alternate variations upon the b