ENGLISH

The History of English: Volume 1 Historical Outlines from Sound to Text

By Laurel J. Brinton (editor); Alexander Bergs (editor)

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2017
ISBN
9783110525281, 9783110522389
DOI
10.1515/9783110525281
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1238545 bytes)
Pages
264\266
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-23 18:50:18

Description

The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas – phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics – and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others. Comprehensive coverage of the history of English and of major varieties of English Synopsis of current research into key questions and debates in English historical linguistics Individual chapters written by leading authorities in the field

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