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Produktbild: The English Language

The English Language A Linguistic History

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.03.2017

Abbildungen

60 figures; 14 photos; 64 tables; 9 maps

Verlag

Oxford Academic

Seitenzahl

640

Maße (L/B/H)

22,8/17,7/2,5 cm

Gewicht

906 g

Auflage

3rd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-901915-1

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.03.2017

Abbildungen

60 figures; 14 photos; 64 tables; 9 maps

Verlag

Oxford Academic

Seitenzahl

640

Maße (L/B/H)

22,8/17,7/2,5 cm

Gewicht

906 g

Auflage

3rd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-901915-1

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: The English Language

    • List of Tables, Figures, and Sample Texts
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations
    • 1: Studying the History of English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Why Study the History of English?
    • A Definition of Language
    • The Components of Language
    • Linguistic Change in English
    • The Nature of Linguistic Change
    • The Origin of Language
    • Attitudes toward Linguistic Change
    • Resources for Studying the History of English
    • Recommended Resources
    • 2: Sounds and Sound Change in English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • The Sounds of English
    • Sound Change
    • The Writing of English
    • Recommended Resources
    • 3: Causes and Mechanisms of Language Change
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Causes of Change
    • Morphological and Syntactic Change
    • Semantic Change
    • Pragmatic Change
    • Recommended Resources
    • 4: The Indo-European Language Family and Proto-Indo-European
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Classification of Languages
    • Language Families
    • The Indo-European Language Family
    • Proto-Language
    • Reconstruction
    • Proto-Indo-European
    • Recommended Resources
    • 5: Germanic and the Development of Old English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Proto-Germanic
    • Grammatical and Lexical Changes from PIE to Germanic
    • Phonological Changes from PIE to Germanic
    • A Brief History of Anglo-Saxon England
    • The Records of the Anglo-Saxons
    • Recommended Resources
    • 6: The Words and Sounds of Old English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • The Word Stock of the Anglo-Saxons
    • The Orthographic System of Old English
    • The Phonological System of Old English
    • Stress
    • A Closer Look at the Language of an Old English Text
    • Recommended Resources
    • 7: The Grammar of Old English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • The Nominal System
    • The Verbal System
    • Syntax
    • A Closer Look at the Language of an Old English Text
    • Recommended Resources
    • 8: The Rise of Middle English: Words and Sounds
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • French and English in Medieval England
    • The Word Stock of Middle English
    • The Written Records of Middle English
    • Orthographic Changes
    • Consonant Changes
    • Vowel Changes
    • A Closer Look at the Language of a Middle English Text
    • Recommended Resources
    • 9: The Grammar of Middle English and Rise of a Written Standard
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • The Effects of Vowel Reduction
    • Comparison of a Middle English and an Old English Text
    • Change from Synthetic to Analytic
    • Middle English as a Creole?
    • The Rise of a Standard Dialect
    • A Closer Look at the Language of a Middle English Text
    • Recommended Resources
    • 10: The Words, Sounds, and Inflections of Early Modern English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Early Modern English Vocabulary
    • The Great Vowel Shift
    • Changes in the Short Vowels and Diphthongs
    • A Closer Look at the Language of an Early Modern English Text
    • Changes in Consonants
    • Renaissance Respellings
    • Changes in Nominal Inflected Forms
    • Case Usage
    • Changes in Verbal Inflected Forms
    • A Closer Look at the Language of an Early Modern English Text
    • Recommended Resources
    • 11: Early Modern English Verbal Constructions and Eighteenth-Century Prescriptivism
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Early Modern English Syntax
    • Late Modern English and the Rise of Prescriptivism
    • Aims of the Eighteenth-Century Grammarians
    • Methods of the Eighteenth-Century Grammarians
    • The Question of Usage
    • Dictionaries
    • Recommended Resources
    • 12: Modern English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • Grammatical and Lexical Changes in Late Modern English
    • Changes in Progress
    • The Effect of New Media on English
    • Recommended Resources
    • 13: Varieties of English
    • Overview
    • Objectives
    • The Development of National Varieties
    • Important Regional Varieties of the British Isles
    • English as a Global Language
    • Recommended Resources
    • Appendix A: Quick Reference Guide
    • Appendix B: Timeline of Significant Historical, Social, Literary, and Linguistic Events in the History of English
    • Appendix C: Anthology of Readings
    • Exercise Key
    • Glossary of Linguistic Terms
    • Works Cited
    • Index