Varieties of Present Day English

by Richard W. Bailey (Editor), Jay L. Robinson (Editor)

Softcover with worn edges and corners, sun faded spine, rubbed spine ends, small scrape on foot of spine and light crease on front cover. Previous owner's name (linguistic professor) penned on front inside cover; small pen marks on some pages; leading corners of early and last pages are very slightly worn. Slight page brake on the catalogue page. T

461 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Professor Richard Weld Bailey taught in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan for 42 years (1965 –2007), where he was honored in 2002 with a collegiate professorship: the Fred Newton Scott Collegiate Professor of English.

He was a pioneer in the application of computers to research in the humanities,attending early conferences sponsored by IBM and the Rand Corporation (1964 and 1967).