History of the English Language

AvAlbert C. Baugh,Thomas Cable

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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**NOT FOR SALE IN THE USA, CANADA OR THE PHILIPPINES**A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of its history. This best-selling classic textbook has been revised and updated and encourages the reader to develop both an understanding of present-day English and an enlightened attitude toward the issues affecting the language today. New features of the sixth edition include: an additional chapter titled ‘English in the Twenty-first Century’, which examines the future of English and other global languages and includes an assessment of Chinese as a world language an in-depth treatment of phonological changes, such as the placement of the Great Vowel Shift as a bridge between Middle English and Renaissance Englishfurther coverage of corpus linguistics, especially for Renaissance Englishfresh sections on accent and registera new survey of the recent debate between "creolists" and "neo-Anglicists" on the origins of African American Vernacular English.Balanced and wide-ranging, this textbook is a must-read for any student studying the history of the English language

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:480
Upplaga:6
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415655965

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Språk: historia och allmänt inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Albert C. Baugh was Schelling Memorial Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA Thomas Cable is Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, USA

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"This classic has beeen thoroughly revised and updated. It has expanded its coverage of the history of English, and incorporates topics of new fields of research. The sixth edition will serve its readers well."- Peter Erdmann, Technische University, Berlin, Germany

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Preface 1. English Present and Future 2. The Indo- European Family of Languages 3. Old English 4. Foreign Influences on Old English 5. The Norman Conquest and the Subjection of English, 1066–1200 6. The Reestablishment of English, 1200–1500 7. Middle English 8. The Renaissance, 1500–1650 9. The Appeal to Authority, 1650–1800 10. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 11. The English Language in America 12. The Twenty-first Century Appendix A: Specimens of the Middle English Dialects Appendix B: English Spelling