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The History of English: Volume 3 Middle English

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

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2017
ISBN
9783110525328, 9783110522761
DOI
10.1515/9783110525328
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2027779 bytes)
Pages
318\320
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-23 18:50:28

Description

The volume provides a wide-ranging account of Middle English, organized by linguistic level. Not only are the traditional areas of linguistic study explored in state-of-the-art chapters, but the volume also covers less traditional areas of study, including creolization, sociolinguistics, literary language (including the language of Chaucer), pragmatics and discourse, dialectology, standardization, language contact, and multilingualism. 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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