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The English Language A Linguistic History

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.03.2017

Verlag

Oxford Academic

Seitenzahl

640

Maße (L/B/H)

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

Gewicht

883 g

Auflage

3rd edition

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-901915-1

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.03.2017

Verlag

Oxford Academic

Seitenzahl

640

Maße (L/B/H)

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

Gewicht

883 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