From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time (Studies in English Language) - Softcover

Freeborn, Dennis

 
9780333537688: From Old English to Standard English: A Course Book in Language Variation Across Time (Studies in English Language)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0333537688 ISBN 13: 9780333537688
Verlag: Palgrave, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Traces the development of the English language from the dialects of Old English, through Middle and early modern English to the establishment of standard English in the 18th century, with a postscript on the language today. The core of this book is a series of illustrative texts and facsimilies, with descriptive analyses and assignments for students. The text includes chronicles, letters, diaries, literary extracts and contemporary descriptions of the language at different periods. The focus of study is on variation and change in vocabulary and meaning. Other books by this author include "Varieties of English" and "A Course Book in English Grammar".

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Verlag
Palgrave
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0333537688
ISBN 13 
9780333537688
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
236
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