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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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English Linguistics, 1500-1800
Author: English Linguistics, 1500-1800
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Category : English philology
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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English Linguistics, 1500-1800
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Category : English philology
Languages : la
Pages : 224
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Towards a Standard English, 1600-1800
Author: Dieter Stein (linguiste).)Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110136975
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Examines how English grew from an assortment of dialects into a standard national language with notions of correctness and social sanctions for using incorrect forms. The 12 essays consider the codification of particular forms such as the conclusive perfect and the third person neuter possessive, what people made the decisions, the interaction between written and spoken English, the importance of social factors, and other topics. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
English Linguistics, 1500-1800
Author: R. C. AlstonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 532
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English Historical Linguistics
Author: Alexander BergsPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110251590
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.
Reflections on the English Language
Author: Robert BakerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English
Author: Claudia ClaridgePublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042004597
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In a revision of her doctoral thesis (no date or institution cited), which itself grew out of the project to compile the database Lampeter Corpus of Early Modern English Tracts (1640-1740), Claridge looks at the use of such multi-word verbs as get clear, wish for, and make merry as they appear in the database. She considers both syntax and semantics, which she shows merge to some extent, but takes semantics to be the primary and thus the more important level because people know how they are going to say something before they know what they are going to say. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Advances in Historical Orthography, c. 1500–1800
Author: Marco CondorelliPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110864094X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The early modern period is a key historical era for the standardisation of languages in Europe, in which orthographies played an important role. This book traces the development of European spelling systems in the early modern era, and is unique in bringing together several strands of historical research, across a diverse range of Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages, including Polish, German, French, Spanish, Lithuanian, Czech, Croatian and English. Whilst each chapter includes a case study on a particular language or script, the volume in general follows a broad thread of discussion based on models and methods relevant to many languages, showing how empirical approaches can be applied across languages to enrich the field of historical orthography as a whole. The first volume to diachronically explore the standardization of spelling systems from a cross-linguistic perspective, this is an invaluable resource for specialists and those interested in historical European studies more broadly.
English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Author: C. JonesPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230503403
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This work provides a detailed account of word level pronunciation in England and Scotland between 1700 and 1900. All major and minor source materials are presented in depth and there is a close discussion of contemporary attitudes to pronunciation standards and orthographic reform. The materials are presented in three chronological periods: 1700-1750, 1750-1800 and the Nineteenth century, so that the reader is able not only to see the main characteristics of the pronunciation of both vowels and consonants in each period, but can also compare developments from one period to another, thus identifying ongoing changes to the phonology.
