The Cambridge History of the English Language
$568.63
- Hardcover
810 pages
- Release Date
28 January 1999
Summary
This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to the present day. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America and beyond. Separate chapters on pronunciation, syntax, and vocabulary chronicle the core linguistic features of the language during this period. In addition, there are chapters on English as a literary language, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521264778 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521264774 |
| Author: | Suzanne Romaine |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 810 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 1999 |
| Weight: | 1.20kg |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm x 47mm |
| Series: | The Cambridge History of the English Language |
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”…nearly all of the material is quite clearly presented, well analyzed, and brings out aspects of English…that could easily be overlooked since the language has not changed nearly as much in the current period as it did in the previous seven hundred years.” Notes on Linguistics
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