The Cambridge History of the English Language
The Cambridge History of the English Language
$340.00
USDThis volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. 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 phonology, syntax, and vocabulary chronicle the linguistic features of the language during this period, taking as the basis for discussion the common core inherited from the sixteenth century and shared by what are now the two principal varieties, American and British English. In addition, there are chapters on English as a literary language, English grammar and usage, and onomastics. A separate volume on North American English is in preparation.
- The first multi-volume account of the history of English
- Essential reading for students of linguistics, English literature, and anyone interested in the history of English in general
- Authoritative coverage extends from areas of central linguistic interest to more specialised topics
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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
Product details
January 1999Hardback
9780521264778
810 pages
236 × 160 × 47 mm
1.203kg
18 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Suzanne Romaine
- 2. Vocabulary John Algeo
- 3. Syntax David Denison
- 4. Onomastics Richard Coates
- 5. Phonology Michael K. C. MacMahon
- 6. English grammar and usage Edward Finegan
- 7. Literary language Sylvia Adamson
- Glossary of linguistic terms
- Bibliography
- Index.
