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The Oxford history of English
The English language is at more than one point in its history a language
which is being carried from one part of the world to another. This is true at
the beginning of its existence as a recognizably distinct language—the phase
which this and later chapters refer to as Old English. Migration of people and
the consequent relocation of the languages they speak will therefore be one of
the major themes of this chapter, which will focus on the pre-history of
English and the various developments which underpin the creation of English
as a language in its own right within the British Isles.
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